The New Deal National Socialism Summary

On March 4, 1933, when FDR took the oath of office to become the 32nd President of the United States, America was a country in the midst of the worst economic crisis in its history.

World War II began near the end of the worst financial crisis in American history, the Great Depression. In October 1929 the stock market crashed leading to a economic collapse that would become known as the Great Depression. The depression went on to devastate the American economy throughout the 1930’s until its end in the 1940’s. Around this time, Nazi imperialism and frayed international relationships were setting the stage for the largest global conflict ever. World War II ended the Great Depression through increasing government spending, expanding the job market, and growing the national economy. The New Deal attempted to achieve these goals, but was largely unsuccessful.

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”- President Franklin D. Roosevelt. This words were announced to the American public by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his Inaugural Address, where he tried to reassure the people that everything would be fine. Having just experienced the prosperous era of the Roaring Twenties, not many people thought good times would ever end. However, this proved to be incorrects as pandemonium and turmoil overcame the people in October 29, 1929 with the Stock Market Crash. With the economy sliding downhill, Americans faced many problems that would change the government’s role in the economy. Nevertheless, many actions were also taken by both individuals and groups alike in response to this economic depression.

Document D states “The New Deal, being both a philosophy and mode of action, began to find expression in diverse forms which were often contradictory. Some assisted and some retarded the recovery of industrial activity.” This quote shows how the New Deal, in fact, did aid the people in relief and reform but failed to recover. Programs such as Federal Emergency Relief Act (FERA), Civil Works Administration (CWA), and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) helped to relief by providing jobs to the unemployed in order to halt the economic deterioration of America. Programs such as Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) were permanent programs made to avoid another depression.

Franklin D. Roosevelt led his presidency for three terms, from 1934-1945, leading the nation through the Great Depression and World War II. Franklin D. Roosevelt and his administration developed a more elaborate program to the New Deal; the New Deal enforced more power for the federal government in the United States. In Document 1, Meridel Lesueur wrote for New Masses on January 1932, emphasizing on women's position in society. Women in this time were perceived as dependent and Lesueur indicates the government's denial in support for women. On March 7, 1934 a letter was directed to Senator Robert Wagner (Document 2). Senator Robert Wagner contradicted the ideals of the New Deal from Roosevelt’s administration. Wagner led

President Franklin D. Roosevelt tried the solve the problems if fear, chaos, hysteria, and decline of the American economy that came with the Great Depression. Roosevelt used relief, reform, and recovery to help the people. His plan was the “New Deal” which is seen as controversial. Although Roosevelt worked hard to improve the lives of American, there were still negative interactions between the different races and classes of the time.

1. Banks became bankrupt, workers were laid off, and millions struggled to get a bite of food in Bread Lines

The WPA projects were better planned than those of the CWA, and many of them were of lasting benefit to their communities. Roads and streets were built or improved. Schools, libraries, and other public buildings were constructed or repaired. Artists, musicians, and writers performed for the benefit of the public. Administrative costs were higher than those of the FERA, but the projects carried out were more complex and useful.Two other relief operations were designed especially for young people. Both were of great interest to the president and his wife. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) provided work for unemployed and unmarried young men. They received food and shelter and were paid $30 per month, of which $25 had to be given to relatives or dependents. More than a quarter of a million men, many of them from city slums, worked in the corps, living together in camps under

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Next, The CCC offered work to young men with few employment options. The workers had to be between the ages of eighteen and twenty-six, unemployed, and not married. The CCC men were payed thirty dollars; five dollars stayed with them and twenty-five dollars was sent home. Most of the members gained twelve pounds of muscle. Former CCC member Harley Jolley said, “I became a healthy teenager.” The CCC men also learned how to work together and were taught skills that would help them in the military. All of the men left the camps knowing how to read, write, and type.

The stock market crash of 1929 indicated serious, fundamental problems in the United States economy. However, it was not the sole cause of the Great Depression. The crash further exposed the cracks in America’s apparent prosperity. And, since the causes of the economic crises were complex, the solution to the economic problems facing the United States would be complicated as well. Ready to address the complicated issue of reviving the American economy, as well as its despairing citizenry, was Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Roosevelt’s campaign for the presidency in 1932 pledged vigorous action and “bold and persistent experimentation” in response to the Great Depression. Roosevelt defeated Republican incumbent Herbert Hoover in the 1932

Firstly, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was just one of the many parts of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal. Conservation has been a very important idea that has passed through the generations of the Roosevelt family starting with our former president, Theodore Roosevelt. The corp provided jobs for men who didn’t have the money to attend college and where out of a job. This opportunity provided them with the opportunity to conserve

In 1935 a young man from New Jersey, by the name of Andrew Murdock is inducted into Roosevelts “Tree Army”, also known as the CCC, civilian conservation corps which began in 1933 by executive orders 6101 and 6129. Murdock wrote in his diary of his personnel accounts and day to day life while in the CCC. His diaries start in New jersey, riding cross country to Virgilia, CA where he reports for duty to Company F55. Unbeknownst to Murdock he has played a vital role in the preservation of history, conservation of land and the organization of the state park systems for Arkansas and across America, as well as multiple offshoots to the original project for conservation of land.

The New Deal provided employment for 3 million young men. Through the Civilian Conservation Act, uniformed young men were recruited to work in various employment such as reforestation, fire fighting, flood control and swamp drainage. These jobs not only helped the people financially, but also gave a sense of accomplishment and prevented them from committing crimes.

Krulak's telling of the Corps' history is among the sections which retains its relevance. At all points, Krulak's historical reporting is clear, straightforward and in the cases of World War II, Korea and Vietnam, strengthened by the author's firsthand and experience-driven accounts. Certainly, Krulak's experience is among the text's most important virtues. Indeed, this also informs the sense of protectiveness and resentment that sometimes emerges in the text as a product of what Krulak characterizes as a sort of relegation and isolation within the broader American defense scheme. In a sequence