The New Deal: An Unsuccessful Solution
Many children growing up are fascinated by the idea of surviving on a desert island. Hunting for food and scavenging for supplies, living on little or nothing. However, while many people may argue that the chances of being dropped on a deserted island are extremely slim, the Great Depression can be a easily comparable situation. The delicate economy had broke in 1929 when the stock market crashed after much merchandise became unsold and credit was used exponentially. Panic rose throughout the land. “Millions of ordinary americans lost their entire life savings in a matter of hours.”(Mcdougal, 779). After Hoover was rejected in the 1932 election, President Roosevelt began work on his first New Deal. From 1933 to 1935, the first New Deal began to construct relief, recovery, and reform in America. However , the New Deals were unsuccessful in helping the American people because the statistics show that unemployment went up during the first New Deal, the american people weren’t earning much from their toil, and many of the new …show more content…
Essentially, the New Deal was supposed to take care of people and restore the economy to how it was before the crash of the stock market in 1929. However, the arguments and the evidence proves otherwise showing the New Deal was an unsuccessful solution. To tell you the truth I had to think about the significance of this essay a lot before I could come up with a plausible answer. I believe that the question “ Was the New Deal successful or not ?” is important in Social Studies when needing to ask similar questions about other bills or rules. Maybe in real life too when you need to evaluate politicians laws. However I honestly don’t believe this question is really significant to our lives at all, if you’re honestly asking my
Many children growing up are fascinated by the idea of surviving on a desert island. Hunting for food and scavenging for supplies, living on little or nothing. However, while many people may argue that the chances of being dropped on a deserted island are extremely slim, the Great Depression can be a easily comparable situation. The delicate economy had broke in 1929 when the stock market crashed after much merchandise became unsold and credit was used exponentially. Panic rose throughout the land. “Millions of ordinary americans lost their entire life savings in a matter of hours.”(Mcdougal, 779). After Hoover was rejected in the 1932 election, President Roosevelt began work on his first New Deal. From 1933 to 1935, the first New Deal began to construct relief, recovery, and reform in America. However , the New Deals were unsuccessful in helping the American people because the statistics show that unemployment went up during the first New Deal, the american people weren’t earning much from their toil, and many of the new …show more content…
Essentially, the New Deal was supposed to take care of people and restore the economy to how it was before the crash of the stock market in 1929. However, the arguments and the evidence proves otherwise showing the New Deal was an unsuccessful solution. To tell you the truth I had to think about the significance of this essay a lot before I could come up with a plausible answer. I believe that the question “ Was the New Deal successful or not ?” is important in Social Studies when needing to ask similar questions about other bills or rules. Maybe in real life too when you need to evaluate politicians laws. However I honestly don’t believe this question is really significant to our lives at all, if you’re honestly asking my