New Deal
Franklin D. Roosevelt became a leader of the country when the United States faced the most dreadful crisis in its entire history. He was determined to fight the Great Depression and bring prosperity and development back to the Americans. His contribution is well-known and respected by all citizens who also consider Roosevelt to be a savior of America. As a representative of the Democratic Party, he focused on the role of the government in the problem and placed an individual in the center of all programs and actions taken at that time. His New Deal is remembered in the history as the dynamite action aimed to help the economy and people.
The main feature of the program was its complexity and overwhelming character. The New Deal did not follow a single strategy, but it was a sequence of reactions to small challenges and issues that composed the entire economy. As the first step, the Emergency Banking Relief Act was adopted. It required complete survey of nation’s banks in terms of their financial soundness. By doing this, he tried to fill the financial system with money that people were afraid to deposit with. Due attention was given to agriculture. Farmers were the group of people who were extremely hit by the Depression. Roosevelt offered to them plans for a new farm program. Such initiatives were also issued in a separate legal act that was approved by the Congress. Roosevelt also paid attention to the issue of industrial recovery. As social issues were in the center of attention, some debt relief programs were offered to people who suffered enormous economic hardship. People were engaged into public works that provided them with basic means for living and decreased unemployment. The Civilian Conservation Corps helped in solving unemployment problem. Moreover, it united both purposed of Roosevelt - commitment the country and help to the people. As a result, his comprehensive approach indeed brought lots of positive changes into the depressive economy of the U.S. and contributed to the country’s development in the future.
Roosevelt became in charge of a mechanism that would not have worked if risky measures had not been taken. The American population gave him a credit of trust to make any changes that could help the economy to recover. Therefore, Roosevelt could propose almost any decision and it would be approved by the Congress. The country trusted its leader with everything that they were left with. Therefore, till now the example of Roosevelt’s leadership remains the flagship one if it comes to the authority he had among the people. Mostly due to this fact, his reforms succeeded: he managed to unite the nation to fight a common enemy and work for the future prosperity. People believed that together they could reach this prosperity. Modern American leadership in the world economy and world politics can also be considered as a result of his contribution during the most difficult times of the recent American history.
Picture. President Franklin D. Roosevelt (“Freedom from Fear: Finding Freedom and Wellness on the Other Side of Fear”)
Works Cited
“Freedom From Fear: Finding Freedom and Wellness on the Other Side of Fear.” Tackk, n.d. https://tackk.com/freedom-from-fear
