“In 1939, after almost two full terms of Roosevelt and his New Deal, unemployment had not dropped, but had risen to 17.2 percent. Almost nine and one-half million Americans were unemployed.”( FEE Freeman Article) This goes to show that what Roosevelt did not notice is that he was raising the unemployment rate at an extended rate. The New Deal was instructed to alleviate the Great Depression but when he first brought up the New Deal unemployment has increased. Later on he tries to help by creating a few job opportunities for people however this idea that he had did not end the great depression it just helped the people to an
“In 1939, after almost two full terms of Roosevelt and his New Deal, unemployment had not dropped, but had risen to 17.2 percent. Almost nine and one-half million Americans were unemployed.”( FEE Freeman Article) This goes to show that what Roosevelt did not notice is that he was raising the unemployment rate at an extended rate. The New Deal was instructed to alleviate the Great Depression but when he first brought up the New Deal unemployment has increased. Later on he tries to help by creating a few job opportunities for people however this idea that he had did not end the great depression it just helped the people to an