The unemployment rate during the Great Depression reached a high of 24.9%! How do you solve such an issue? Well, the answer was certainly not Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal. The Great Depression was a tragedy that started on October 29, 1929, and put millions of Americans out of work. Franklin Delano Roosevelt devised a plan to solve the problems of the Great Depression; this was called the New Deal. The New Deal provided American people with a series of social and economic programs that were meant to provide jobs for Americans. The New Deal did not create “a more perfect union” due to a disorganized government and Roosevelt’s broken promises. The government during the New Deal was unorganized. The Great Depression was a complex problem
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The New Deal was for the most part limited, it did not in any way, set America on the "Road to ruin." If anything did put America on the road to ruin at all, it was the depression itself.Roosevelt's strategy was probably better than any other plan for the United States at this current time. This is because it not only stopped unemployment rates from rising, but even saw them decrease. By forming the Emergency Banking Relief Bill, Roosevelt erased the depositors fears of losing their investments, due to the fact that all operating banks were licensed by the Treasury Department. The public gained confidence in the banks, and Roosevelt had successfully suspended the citizens fear and implemented his programs. Roosevelt promised “A New Deal for Americans.” The promise he made was broken. The history of the New Deal was not explained clearly. Most of the reporters during the New Deal were New Dealers themselves! These reporters were on the government payroll. The New Deal Achieved Little .These reporters didn’t record the failures of the New Deal. For example, “there were 10 million people unemployed all the time during the New Deal.” This was one of the many things the reporters during the New Deal did not mention. Also, there were months during the New Deal where the economy slipped downwards. The New Deal promised relief, recovery, and reform. The New Deal did not end the Great Depression, World War ll did. By the end of World War ll in 1939, with the New Deal programs having been in place for over 6 years, the country was in little better shape than when Roosevelt first took office in 1933. America was in cneed of jobs and World War ll created a huge surge of war production that helped to stimulate the economy. This is how America rose from the depths of the Great Depression. It has been said that if America did not enter World War ll, Roosevelt would have been defeated in 1940. Knowing the impact of the war, it
The New Deal was for the most part limited, it did not in any way, set America on the "Road to ruin." If anything did put America on the road to ruin at all, it was the depression itself.Roosevelt's strategy was probably better than any other plan for the United States at this current time. This is because it not only stopped unemployment rates from rising, but even saw them decrease. By forming the Emergency Banking Relief Bill, Roosevelt erased the depositors fears of losing their investments, due to the fact that all operating banks were licensed by the Treasury Department. The public gained confidence in the banks, and Roosevelt had successfully suspended the citizens fear and implemented his programs. Roosevelt promised “A New Deal for Americans.” The promise he made was broken. The history of the New Deal was not explained clearly. Most of the reporters during the New Deal were New Dealers themselves! These reporters were on the government payroll. The New Deal Achieved Little .These reporters didn’t record the failures of the New Deal. For example, “there were 10 million people unemployed all the time during the New Deal.” This was one of the many things the reporters during the New Deal did not mention. Also, there were months during the New Deal where the economy slipped downwards. The New Deal promised relief, recovery, and reform. The New Deal did not end the Great Depression, World War ll did. By the end of World War ll in 1939, with the New Deal programs having been in place for over 6 years, the country was in little better shape than when Roosevelt first took office in 1933. America was in cneed of jobs and World War ll created a huge surge of war production that helped to stimulate the economy. This is how America rose from the depths of the Great Depression. It has been said that if America did not enter World War ll, Roosevelt would have been defeated in 1940. Knowing the impact of the war, it