How Did You Combat The Great Depression?

In 1929, the stock market crashed and began affecting many people who had invested their money and then ultimately many banks, because people couldn’t pay their loans or bills. This event was the catalyst for what is now known as the Great Depression. In 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected President of the United States of America and was dubbed the “New Deal” because of the many promises of new policies he would put into place to combat the Great Depression. In this essay I’ve incorporated quotes and ideas from the following scholarly articles: “No Deal” by Alan Brinkley which gives supporting details on some of the successes and many of the failures of the New Deal. “The Real New Deal” by John V.C. Nye, which talks about how long the Great Depression lasted and how the New Deal affected it, as well as thoughts on when the depression really ended. …show more content…
Freedman, Nick Gossen, and Ed Gerrish, which is gets into detail about the positive impact the New Deal had on the United States over time versus the impact it had on the Great Depression. “From New Deal to No Deal: No Child Left Behind and the Devolution of Responsibility for Equal Opportunity” by Harvey Kantor and Robert Lowe which takes the viewpoint of how things have changed from the time of the New Deal to more recent times and policies. “Did the New Deal Solidify the 1932 Democratic realignment?” by Shawn Kantor, Price V. Fishback, and John Joseph Wallis, which is about the impact the New Deal has had on the Democratic Party. The New Deal is a topic of great controversy in terms of whether or not is was a failure or a success and to some extent it was both because of what its purpose was and what it didn’t do versus what it actually