The Great Depression of the 1930’s: a dismal time that most people associate with the stock market crash, severe unemployment, poverty, the Dust Bowl, creation of the New Deal, and the less distinguished Second New Deal, under the courageous President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. There has been many disagreements about the Works Progress Administration and the Social Security Act, which are key programs in the Second New Deal. The main arguments against the WPA are that it hired lazy people, spent too much money, and was a political scheme. The main problem with the SSA was its inefficient setup. Many do not vocally separate the New Deal and the Second New Deal when they converse, because they do not understand the history. The Second New Deal
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Leuchtenburg is a great presidential historian. He is the Professor of American History at Columbia University. He has taught at Smith College, New York University, and Harvard University. He has lectured in different countries around the world and was Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, California. Leuchtenburg is the author of The Perils of Prosperity, and is writing a couple more volumes in the Life History of the United States. He was also elected president for all three major national historical associations. In this paper I examined his book, Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, …show more content…
Leuchtenburg was in favor of the SSA but not so much of the WPA. Edsforth mentions many commonly missed problems of the WPA and the SSA. Davis was highly in favor of the WPA because of all of the good that came from it. And lastly, Richard Marshall respected the SSA, and showed slight bias when disagreeing with FDR’s decision to expand the government's role in the economy, and the elections of more Democrats into office. The Second New Deal- especially the WPA and the SSA- helped our country learn what worked, and how to overcome disagreements and
Leuchtenburg is a great presidential historian. He is the Professor of American History at Columbia University. He has taught at Smith College, New York University, and Harvard University. He has lectured in different countries around the world and was Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, California. Leuchtenburg is the author of The Perils of Prosperity, and is writing a couple more volumes in the Life History of the United States. He was also elected president for all three major national historical associations. In this paper I examined his book, Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, …show more content…
Leuchtenburg was in favor of the SSA but not so much of the WPA. Edsforth mentions many commonly missed problems of the WPA and the SSA. Davis was highly in favor of the WPA because of all of the good that came from it. And lastly, Richard Marshall respected the SSA, and showed slight bias when disagreeing with FDR’s decision to expand the government's role in the economy, and the elections of more Democrats into office. The Second New Deal- especially the WPA and the SSA- helped our country learn what worked, and how to overcome disagreements and