"The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it: If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something” -President Franklin D. Roosevelt. When Roosevelt inherited the task of pulling the United States out of a terrible economic downfall, he says the previous quote. His plan was to create the “New Deal.” The New Deal was designed to target three main areas of government and heel turn around the economy. The three areas of the New Deal was the three R’s, relief, recovery, and reform. Roosevelt created many examples of each areas that tried to bring United States to a stable economy again.
The first area that the New Deal targeted was relief, meaning to take immediate action to halt the economies deterioration. One example of relief in the new deal was the Work Progress administration or the WPA. The WPA Employed people to do artistic, public works, and research projects by setting aside $300 million to create Federal Project Number One. Another example is the Civilian Conservation Corps or the CCC. The CCC was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for …show more content…
One example of recovery was the Emergency Banking Act, which ensured that only solvent banks remained open, and bank holidays that would close financial institutions when a wave of financial panic occurred. Another example of recovery was Public Works Administration. This targeted making loans to private industries to build public works such as dams, ports, bridges, sewage plants, hospitals, governments buildings, and airports. The PWA had a good example of "priming the pump" which encouraged economic growth. Overall, the recovery in the New Deal focused on making the United States more
The first area that the New Deal targeted was relief, meaning to take immediate action to halt the economies deterioration. One example of relief in the new deal was the Work Progress administration or the WPA. The WPA Employed people to do artistic, public works, and research projects by setting aside $300 million to create Federal Project Number One. Another example is the Civilian Conservation Corps or the CCC. The CCC was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for …show more content…
One example of recovery was the Emergency Banking Act, which ensured that only solvent banks remained open, and bank holidays that would close financial institutions when a wave of financial panic occurred. Another example of recovery was Public Works Administration. This targeted making loans to private industries to build public works such as dams, ports, bridges, sewage plants, hospitals, governments buildings, and airports. The PWA had a good example of "priming the pump" which encouraged economic growth. Overall, the recovery in the New Deal focused on making the United States more