The Great Depression was a time period when the United States’ economy failed. During that time, many citizens lost their faith in the economy and became jobless and homeless. One of the causes of the Great Depression was failure in industry. Many people lost their jobs due to the development in technology. People who worked in the railroad and mining industry lost their jobs because of the development of cars and new forms of energy, such as hydroelectric and natural gases. Also less homes were being constructed, so other companies like steel and wood lost business and money. Another long term cause of the Depression was failure in agriculture. After World War I, the demand for goods from the USA to Europe dropped 40%. This caused farmers
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Under the New Deal, underprivileged children were fed hot meals and women were given jobs to provide these meals. According to Document 6, 80,000,000 hot well-balanced meals were served at a rate of 500,000 in 10,000 schools through the service of women workers. This showed the New Deal was a success because it had a program called the Works Progress Administration, which allowed unemployed women to work and aided families who lacked the income by providing healthy meals for their children. Moreover, elderly were given money so that they could retire. As stated in Document 8, The New Deal’s Social Security program gave monthly pensions to these elderly, relieving them from the job. The Social Security program showed success because by relieving the older citizens from their jobs, it opened up new job opportunities for younger, unemployed people, allowing them to work again. The New Deal provided so many jobs to the unemployed that unemployment rates decreased by a lot. As shown in Document 5, unemployment rates were at 20.6% in 1933 and dropped down to 9.1% in 1937. Within four years, programs in the New Deal such as the Civilian Conservation Corps and Public Works Admin provided so many jobs to help the unemployed. The programs aided so many citizens and ultimately demonstrated the success of FDR’s New
Under the New Deal, underprivileged children were fed hot meals and women were given jobs to provide these meals. According to Document 6, 80,000,000 hot well-balanced meals were served at a rate of 500,000 in 10,000 schools through the service of women workers. This showed the New Deal was a success because it had a program called the Works Progress Administration, which allowed unemployed women to work and aided families who lacked the income by providing healthy meals for their children. Moreover, elderly were given money so that they could retire. As stated in Document 8, The New Deal’s Social Security program gave monthly pensions to these elderly, relieving them from the job. The Social Security program showed success because by relieving the older citizens from their jobs, it opened up new job opportunities for younger, unemployed people, allowing them to work again. The New Deal provided so many jobs to the unemployed that unemployment rates decreased by a lot. As shown in Document 5, unemployment rates were at 20.6% in 1933 and dropped down to 9.1% in 1937. Within four years, programs in the New Deal such as the Civilian Conservation Corps and Public Works Admin provided so many jobs to help the unemployed. The programs aided so many citizens and ultimately demonstrated the success of FDR’s New