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The New Deal: America’s Demand to be Heard
The great depression left many people without homes, food, jobs, hope, or individuality. The economy had taken a massive down turn following the “Roaring 20’s” and mostly the lower and middle class suffered from it (Davidson 514). The Depression was the result of an overly optimistic view on life and economy. People assumed that the stock market, which was their go-to source of money, would simply grow forever as an endless resource. However, what comes up must also come down. The crash took many by surprise and the responsibly of fixing it when to the president (Davidson 514). The first president to try, Hoover, believed in a limited government. He believed that if a person was willing, they could work hard and be successful. Because of this, he gave only limited, indirect assistance to the masses of unemployed people (History). The second president to take on the economy was Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He took a much more active role in repairing American wealth and preventing future economic busts. The main groups of people affected was farmers, factory workers, urban business men, minorities, and women (History). The life of a farmer was bleak during the Great Depression. They were producing way too much food and thus lowering food prices. In Georgia, cotton used …show more content…
He took an active stance in protecting people and helping to improve the quality of their lives. The New Deal forced both Congress and the common people to reconsider what the term “limited” government really means and whether a President can, or should, simply sit back and watch the American economy slip into depression. He helped apply value to each person. Society moved more from the “nameless individual in a large group,” to the “large group made of several individuals with their own voices”. The New Deal influenced many civil rights movements in the nearby
The New Deal: America’s Demand to be Heard
The great depression left many people without homes, food, jobs, hope, or individuality. The economy had taken a massive down turn following the “Roaring 20’s” and mostly the lower and middle class suffered from it (Davidson 514). The Depression was the result of an overly optimistic view on life and economy. People assumed that the stock market, which was their go-to source of money, would simply grow forever as an endless resource. However, what comes up must also come down. The crash took many by surprise and the responsibly of fixing it when to the president (Davidson 514). The first president to try, Hoover, believed in a limited government. He believed that if a person was willing, they could work hard and be successful. Because of this, he gave only limited, indirect assistance to the masses of unemployed people (History). The second president to take on the economy was Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He took a much more active role in repairing American wealth and preventing future economic busts. The main groups of people affected was farmers, factory workers, urban business men, minorities, and women (History). The life of a farmer was bleak during the Great Depression. They were producing way too much food and thus lowering food prices. In Georgia, cotton used …show more content…
He took an active stance in protecting people and helping to improve the quality of their lives. The New Deal forced both Congress and the common people to reconsider what the term “limited” government really means and whether a President can, or should, simply sit back and watch the American economy slip into depression. He helped apply value to each person. Society moved more from the “nameless individual in a large group,” to the “large group made of several individuals with their own voices”. The New Deal influenced many civil rights movements in the nearby