Abstract
This paper will reflect over the New Deal. It will reflect over the New Deal about the events that led to the New Deal. Last it will reflect why this is important throughout the paper.
Main Body
America was facing the Great Depression. This was in reference to the market crash in 1929. There were also other factors that led to the Great Depression. These factors were banks were crumbling; the drought from the Mississippi River in 1930 was part of this cause, America policy relations with Europe led to this factor and people not buying products for them no longer could afford them. The Great Depression left countless people without work which led to people without the money to provide food for their family or the money to pay for their homes or other bills. The Great Depression brought America into a bleak abyss.
There was a rising cases of homeless and poverty with the Great Depression. There were countless shelters that were feeding people and people would be stand in long lines for extended wait times just to get some food. Again, it was a time of darkness and bleak. Then came President FDR that brought changed with a program called the New Deal.
The New Deal was a program to help end the suffering and bleak times of the Great Depression. The New Deal was programs designed by FDR to help put people back into work and homes. The New Deal was also the creation of new government agencies to help implement this process. These agencies were the Public Works Administration, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Security and Administration, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Security and Exchange Commission, the National Recovery Administration and the Civilian Conservation Corps. There were a lot of critics who felt that FDR was using too much power with this new administrations for the government and start using the nick manes “alphabet soup” to refer to his New Deal. The reason for this is because these new agencies became known by their abbreviations which lead to the nickname alphabet soup.
The Civilian Conservation Corps was known as CCC, which was designed to help with people who were unemployed. The Civil Works Administration was known as the CWA, which was to help people find jobs. The Federal Housing Administration was known as the FHA was to help people find homes. The Home Owner Loan Corruption was known as the HOLC, and that was to help to get the money to buy a home. The National Recovery Act was known as the NRA for it was to help unite individuals and business. The Public Works Administration was known as PWA for it was to help make the economic more fruitful. The Social Security Act was known as the SSA to help senior citizens with poverty. The Tennessee Valley Authority was known as the TVA for it was to help Tennessee when they were hit during that crisis. The Worker Progress Administration known as WPA was to help give jobs across the world. Again, while there were critics regarding these programs; there were people that admired and respected FDR for doing these programs. FDR also faced oppositions from Republicans, Democrats and Congress regardless the New Deal. Again, this New Deal was going to bring a change that was going to be expensive. “It worried the public, spilt the Democratic Party and reviled conservatives. Opponents promptly attacked other New Deal polices, from support for unions to progressive taxation. “ “Henceforth, a conservative collation of Republicans and Southern Democrats in Congress blocked FDR’s reforms” (Goldfield, Abbott, Argesinger, Aregesinger, page 236).” For some people, this is one of the reasons why they feel that FDR was one of the greatest presidents.
FDR brought a changed to the Great Depression. It took time for this process to be achieved. It was not until America starts making products for World War II, that this program becomes more successful. Regardless, it created a lasting impact to America.
America will never forget the history of the Great Depression. Nor the factors that lead to it. It took FDR a considerable amount of planning and works to put the New Deal in action. There were many strong critics that stood in the way. Once it has been in action, it helped placed America into better financial times.
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