How Did Franklin D Roosevelt's Response To The Great Depression

Due to having faced unemployment starvation and repossession; many American citizens began to believe that their luck had shifted. Roosevelt established New Deal Programs in response to the depression, the policies carried out by the programs successfully addressed the three r’s; relief, reform and reform. Unfortunately, the programs did not help recovery from the crisis. Franklin D Roosevelt’s response gave relief to Americans, improved public welfare and expanded the power of the government. The great depression caused thousands of workers to become unemployed. Unemployment spiked early in the 1920’s and the number of unemployed (12.8 million) increased to almost 40% by 1933 (Doc J). Families of non-farm working men and women suffered equally. Roosevelt’s administration support sought to reduce employment by creating the public works administration. FDR spent several billion dollars to build large construction projects as a means of providing employment, stabilizing purchasing power and improving public welfare Roosevelt put in money to public buildings and bridges, which was successful in creating millions of jobs for Americans. But, the program also created a national debt (Doc D0. The spending of …show more content…
This led to a great amount of homeless people. According to Document A “Yet there must be as many women out of jobs in cities and suffering extreme poverty as there are men”. Many women are unemployed and seemed invisible during the great depression. The New Deal created government agencies that helped the percentages of unemployment by providing housing for the unfortunate. Sadly the housing provided was temporary and due to overcrowding many were denied housing. The New Deal changed the role of the government by expanding its role. Thus more people turned to the government for assistance. The new Deal not only played a major role in society it changed people’s