In the 1930s America was experiencing what was the Great Depression. The economy had hit an all time low and unemployment was at its peak. After elected, President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s created the “New Deal”, it was the greatest reform movement of its time. The "New Deal" provided a daring reform policy without starting a war or revolution. Even though many criticized President Roosevelt for his “try anything” method and believed he was recklessly spending, he rescued the American economy of free enterprise by stepping in and actually doing something that helped the economy. When Hoover was president, the gap between the rich and the poor was so dramatic, the country probably would have had another revolution and blood would be shed. When
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His goal was to end the depression, by restoring the faith in America and putting the American people back to work. The emergency banking act was the first thing he created when he became president. He had promised in his inaugeration he would push for reform, and would do anything in his power to get us out of the depression. He rapidly had convinced congress to create new agencies to help with the economy's crisis. This consisted of the CCC, the WPA, the AAA, and the TVA. The CCC, or the Civilian Conservation Corp, was a job placement program for young men. Roosevelt put in place temporary jobs for the young men to work on projects like forest preservation, flood control and improving national parks (Foner, 805). Though it helped to combat the rise of unemployment, the program ended in 1942. The Agricultural Adjustment Act, was put into place in the first one hundred days as well. This was to help improve the crop prices, by limiting the amount of market supplies. The AAA was successful in raising the prices significantly, but this was not the case for all farmers. This controlled seven crops, corn, wheat, cotton, rice, peanuts, tobacco and milk. The government would pay the farmers to refrain form planting a certain crop; most farmers could not afford to not take the payments …show more content…
He had no doubt that the federal money should be used to help the American people; In 1935 the Second New Deal was put into place. One of the most successful program of the Second New Deal was the Rural Electrification Agency (REA). Eighty percent of farms were without electricity in 1934, and this agency was to help bring power to the rural areas. By the 1950s nintey percent of the farms had electric power. Once the farmers received electric power their purchases of electric appliances (radios, electric stoves, refridgerators, and mechanical equiptment to milk cows) helped to increase sales for local merchants. The Rural electrification was created because Roosevelt belived that affordable electric power would improve the standard of living and the competition of farmers. In the end electric power alone was not enough to halt the migration of rural people from the country to the city. Nor did it stop the decline in the total number of family
His goal was to end the depression, by restoring the faith in America and putting the American people back to work. The emergency banking act was the first thing he created when he became president. He had promised in his inaugeration he would push for reform, and would do anything in his power to get us out of the depression. He rapidly had convinced congress to create new agencies to help with the economy's crisis. This consisted of the CCC, the WPA, the AAA, and the TVA. The CCC, or the Civilian Conservation Corp, was a job placement program for young men. Roosevelt put in place temporary jobs for the young men to work on projects like forest preservation, flood control and improving national parks (Foner, 805). Though it helped to combat the rise of unemployment, the program ended in 1942. The Agricultural Adjustment Act, was put into place in the first one hundred days as well. This was to help improve the crop prices, by limiting the amount of market supplies. The AAA was successful in raising the prices significantly, but this was not the case for all farmers. This controlled seven crops, corn, wheat, cotton, rice, peanuts, tobacco and milk. The government would pay the farmers to refrain form planting a certain crop; most farmers could not afford to not take the payments …show more content…
He had no doubt that the federal money should be used to help the American people; In 1935 the Second New Deal was put into place. One of the most successful program of the Second New Deal was the Rural Electrification Agency (REA). Eighty percent of farms were without electricity in 1934, and this agency was to help bring power to the rural areas. By the 1950s nintey percent of the farms had electric power. Once the farmers received electric power their purchases of electric appliances (radios, electric stoves, refridgerators, and mechanical equiptment to milk cows) helped to increase sales for local merchants. The Rural electrification was created because Roosevelt belived that affordable electric power would improve the standard of living and the competition of farmers. In the end electric power alone was not enough to halt the migration of rural people from the country to the city. Nor did it stop the decline in the total number of family