At the beginning of the 1930s the United States of America was in economical turmoil. In the 1930s, three million men and women would be out of work. They either had lost their jobs or hand been laid off without pay in the aftermath of the stock market crash. Within the next two years, twelve million would encounter the same fate. Leaders of the country were struggling to think of ways to help. Banks would soon start closing, and between the years of 1930 and 1933 more than 9000 banks would be closed in the United States. More than $140 billion disappeared throughout the entire bank failure. Herbert Hoover, the president at the time of the stock market crash, was not doing much to alleviate the crisis. Because of his failure to help, Americans
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With his great leadership skills and aggressive style he made changes very rapidly. He was very quick to act during his presidency, “Roosevelt’s New Deal, basically was a government that used its power and resources to protect people from getting trampled in the competitive jungle of free enterprise – the aged, the unemployed, the migrant workers” (Worsters 154). Roosevelt’s New deal had three basic goals: relief, recovery, and reform. The first thing on the president’s plate was to clear up the banking crisis. To start off, the Roosevelt administration signed the Emergency Banking Act. This new law authorized the Treasury Department to begin reopening banks if they were deemed healthy enough to reopen. Roosevelt declared March 6th, 1933 as a National Bank Holiday and temporarily closed all the banks until March 13th, 1933. The problems with the banking system would be resolved in less than a week after Franklin Roosevelt’s inauguration. Along with fixing the banking problem, Roosevelt also set up programs to help give the people relief. These programs were called the Civilian Conservation Corps. The Civilian Conservation Corps provided young, unemployed men with jobs the ability to help their families financially. Another administration set up is the Public Works Administration. This administration provided men with construction jobs. Roosevelt thought that if people of the United States were working again, the …show more content…
The Political Right tended to be wealthy, white Americans who wanted to continue the current system and power structure. They opposed the idea of higher taxes on the wealthy and thought the New Deal limited individual freedom, was unconstitutional, and was un-American. They also saw unemployment insurances as Bolshevism or a form of Communism. The Right also thought that people should start taking responsibility for their own actions and didn’t want the government to watch over them. The Political Left wanted a form of radical governmental change. They thought that a change would help the common people more and that the people who were not rich should be able to prosper. They were strong believers in that the current government only focused on the wealthy. They believed that the New Deal was not doing enough to help fix the nation’s problems during that
With his great leadership skills and aggressive style he made changes very rapidly. He was very quick to act during his presidency, “Roosevelt’s New Deal, basically was a government that used its power and resources to protect people from getting trampled in the competitive jungle of free enterprise – the aged, the unemployed, the migrant workers” (Worsters 154). Roosevelt’s New deal had three basic goals: relief, recovery, and reform. The first thing on the president’s plate was to clear up the banking crisis. To start off, the Roosevelt administration signed the Emergency Banking Act. This new law authorized the Treasury Department to begin reopening banks if they were deemed healthy enough to reopen. Roosevelt declared March 6th, 1933 as a National Bank Holiday and temporarily closed all the banks until March 13th, 1933. The problems with the banking system would be resolved in less than a week after Franklin Roosevelt’s inauguration. Along with fixing the banking problem, Roosevelt also set up programs to help give the people relief. These programs were called the Civilian Conservation Corps. The Civilian Conservation Corps provided young, unemployed men with jobs the ability to help their families financially. Another administration set up is the Public Works Administration. This administration provided men with construction jobs. Roosevelt thought that if people of the United States were working again, the …show more content…
The Political Right tended to be wealthy, white Americans who wanted to continue the current system and power structure. They opposed the idea of higher taxes on the wealthy and thought the New Deal limited individual freedom, was unconstitutional, and was un-American. They also saw unemployment insurances as Bolshevism or a form of Communism. The Right also thought that people should start taking responsibility for their own actions and didn’t want the government to watch over them. The Political Left wanted a form of radical governmental change. They thought that a change would help the common people more and that the people who were not rich should be able to prosper. They were strong believers in that the current government only focused on the wealthy. They believed that the New Deal was not doing enough to help fix the nation’s problems during that