Was The New Deal Successful Essay

Ever since Roosevelt went into office during the depression, the argument on whether The New Deal was successful or not had been questioned. The depression began after the stock market crashed. Basically America had been using money they didn’t have so now many people were in debt, and everything went downhill from there. The one president who really came into office and took action was Franklin D. Roosevelt. The actions he took became known as the New Deal and was quite successful.
The New Deal could be considered successful because of many small changes that made a difference and continue to make a difference till this day. For example, “banking and stock systems became stabilized” (Kantor). With programs such as FDIC, SEC, and Glass Steagle, Roosevelt was able to get banks running properly again. Once he had the banks running again, people once again began trusting banks and using them to …show more content…
People thought the government could do more or not do anything at all. Additionally, the new jobs that the government created, only made the government bigger and stronger. Thirdly, many thought that though he had the support of many farmers, what he really needed was the support of big businesses. He needed big businesses to stop firing people and not many agreed with him. For this reason I believe that the reason why the New Deal was not completely successful was because many people wanted him to fail and were not cooperating with him.
In conclusion, I think the New Deal was partly successful because of many programs that were added to help the economy and unemployment. However because of lack of cooperation, the Depression continued to strive. In my opinion, the action Roosevelt took to improve the economy, was better than doing nothing and waiting for the economy to improve itself. For these reasons I strong side with the New Deal being