The Great Depression happened in the 1930’s and was an enormous impact on citizens lives. The Great Depression lasted over ten years, closed down thousands of banks, and it also put millions of people out of business and their jobs. The president during that time was president Franklin D. Roosevelt, he has tried to do so much for our country during this uneventful time, for example, he had created a new government program that helped Americans, it was called the New Deal. These passages result to families who struggled during The Great Depression and what they had to lose and what they had to do to get all their supplies back. It also states the second Inaugural Address of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Roosevelt created. Roosevelt felt the need to have the federal government take charge to help the American citizens during this hard time. Since thousands of banks were closed because of The Great Depression Roosevelt declared a four-day bank holiday, it was also when the Congress drafted the Emergency Banking Bill of 1933. This made sure the banks were all stabilized and so citizens could have faith in the banking industry and so they can also put the federal government behind them. According to the passage The New Deal, “ the Civil Conservation Corps was one of the New Deal’s most successful programs.” This program was addressing the problems of unemployment workers, to make it better they sent over 3 million single men by the ages of 17 to 23 to work in the nation’s forest. Another program is the Works Progress Administration, it was Roosevelt's major work relief program, examples he would employ about 8.5 million people to build bridges, public buildings, roads, parks, and airports, mainly the basic things we use today. It's insane of how many people have to do all of this work and starting off at such a young age in the first place. Overall by doing this hopefully, it's helping the families in desperate need of
The passage “Digging In” by Robert …show more content…
Roosevelt created. Roosevelt felt the need to have the federal government take charge to help the American citizens during this hard time. Since thousands of banks were closed because of The Great Depression Roosevelt declared a four-day bank holiday, it was also when the Congress drafted the Emergency Banking Bill of 1933. This made sure the banks were all stabilized and so citizens could have faith in the banking industry and so they can also put the federal government behind them. According to the passage The New Deal, “ the Civil Conservation Corps was one of the New Deal’s most successful programs.” This program was addressing the problems of unemployment workers, to make it better they sent over 3 million single men by the ages of 17 to 23 to work in the nation’s forest. Another program is the Works Progress Administration, it was Roosevelt's major work relief program, examples he would employ about 8.5 million people to build bridges, public buildings, roads, parks, and airports, mainly the basic things we use today. It's insane of how many people have to do all of this work and starting off at such a young age in the first place. Overall by doing this hopefully, it's helping the families in desperate need of