The administration of Franklin Roosevelt proved to be a very effective team in coming against the problems of the Great Depression. By putting into use many new ideas, programs, and acts. The New Deal was also used to raise the power of the president and government while extending the raising the standards the people had for the government.
Along with food and shelter, FDR put into effect programs that created jobs and benefited the states. There was a lot of funding and money for public works projects that would have created many new jobs for the unemployed. At the top of this massive unemployment period there was almost 13 million people, who were not agricultural workers, who did not have jobs. But by 1940, that number went down by approximately 5 million people, as a result of Roosevelt's plans. Therefore that's 5 million more people who were affected by …show more content…
This money was used to fund public work projects such as the CCC. These also provided small jobs, that would now be considered insignificant, but at the time meant everything to the poeple recieving these jobs. Unfortunately these jobs were not given evenly to the poeple. Racial segregation and sexism made it very difficult for people other than White males to get the jobs. Roosevelt saw this and tride very hard to include blacks in these programs and as a result gained a lot of support from the black community and other minorities at the time.
Although many people supported the New Deal a lot of people attacked and were against it. One attack on the New Deal was that its acts contradicted each other and produced disharmony. This view was true in a way in that Roosevelt did not have a clear plan for his New Deal when he was running for president; although, as the New Deal got more refined, its efficiency eventually increased. Thus, attacks like this, on the New Deal, were not justified in many
Along with food and shelter, FDR put into effect programs that created jobs and benefited the states. There was a lot of funding and money for public works projects that would have created many new jobs for the unemployed. At the top of this massive unemployment period there was almost 13 million people, who were not agricultural workers, who did not have jobs. But by 1940, that number went down by approximately 5 million people, as a result of Roosevelt's plans. Therefore that's 5 million more people who were affected by …show more content…
This money was used to fund public work projects such as the CCC. These also provided small jobs, that would now be considered insignificant, but at the time meant everything to the poeple recieving these jobs. Unfortunately these jobs were not given evenly to the poeple. Racial segregation and sexism made it very difficult for people other than White males to get the jobs. Roosevelt saw this and tride very hard to include blacks in these programs and as a result gained a lot of support from the black community and other minorities at the time.
Although many people supported the New Deal a lot of people attacked and were against it. One attack on the New Deal was that its acts contradicted each other and produced disharmony. This view was true in a way in that Roosevelt did not have a clear plan for his New Deal when he was running for president; although, as the New Deal got more refined, its efficiency eventually increased. Thus, attacks like this, on the New Deal, were not justified in many