The Great Depression: Relief, Recovery, And Reform

Starting in 1929, the Great Depression took place in the USA but affected the entire world. Many were left on the streets and without jobs. Herbert Hoover made no progress to effectively save the country. In 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected to be president and helped to pass 15 major bills within the first hundred days of his presidency. This is known as the New Deal, which included these three plans: relief, recovery, and reform. Relief consisted of immediate help to citizens in need. Recovery included temporary organizations that employed the unemployed. And lastly, reform was the plan to make sure another depression doesn't happen again. According to people from the time of the depression, the causes were the failure of banks and loans, drifting away from religious beliefs, the greed of capitalism, (DOC 1) or when the "good feeling" within people started to fade away. (DOC 4) How effective were the responses of FDR's administration to the problems of the Great Depression, and how did they change the role of government? FDR's administration to this issue was very effective because they helped save the country and other parts of the world that were effected by the nation's fall. In addition to this, a few programs made by New Deal are still being used today showing its significance. Also, the country …show more content…
FDR said the "primary task is to put people to work" (DOC 2) and that is exactly what the WPA did. This organization "employed 8 million on public work projects". (DOC 3) While working with the WPA, it was common to be constructing public buildings such as schools. This organization was important because it got people working again which gave them money to help provide for their families, get off the street, pay debt, etc. Because of this, money slowly started to get back into a flow around the country and helped get the nation back on their