Even the country which cannot be imagined as poor as before now, the USA has suffered under a great depression in 1929, enduring poverty and completely lost confidence. Especially Hoover’s ‘do nothing policy’ made the economy worse. Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected as president in 1933 and promised to end this depression. He introduced the New Deal as one of his main policy and aimed the goal of relief, recovery, and reform in the society and the economy. The democrats and the supporters of the New Deal says that it played a significant role in reducing a great number of unemployment and improved women’s right. However critics including the republicans state that the New Deal did not helped America to recover economy. As the controversy
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The republicans argued that Roosevelt had too much power in the federal government and acted as if he was a dictator. They claim that Roosevelt attacked the American system of government and was no different from Hitler. Also the Supreme Court had been shaken by Roosevelt’s actions and was less obstructive in the future. However supporters of the New Deal, Schivelbusch argues that “Hitler and Roosevelt were both charismatic leaders who held the masses in their sway—and without this sort of leadership, neither National Socialism nor the New Deal would have been possible.” He asked the Congress to give him the power to appoint other Supreme Court judges. This was because Republicans were dominating the American Supreme Court who were opposed to the New Deal and denied democracy by throwing out laws that Roosevelt had been elected to pass. Also it was not that he took over the power and used it for his own, he used it to settle down the US depression as soon as …show more content…
For example, Eleanor Roosevelt became an important campaigner on social issues that shows that women achieved prominent positions. Nevertheless critics of the New Deal says that the new deal itself did not affect women’s position. The reason being is that the New Deal programmes were aimed to help male manual workers such as the CCC which only about 8000 women were involved. In contrast, WPA program, the National Youth Administration (NYA), provided opportunities for young girls. NYA offered educational opportunities, work training, and financial aid for youth between ages sixteen and twenty-five. This shows that not only the new deal helped the women but also in a long term cultivate talent out of youngsters. ER was determined to change this and from the start of the Roosevelt Administration, she began be in charge of the federal employment relief programs to make sure that opportunities for labour were made available to women. As a consequence of her efforts, FDR’s closest advisor, Harry Hopkins, not only agreed to create a special woman’s division within the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, but also to appoint a woman to head it. Hopkins asked Ellen Woodward to do so. Under her direction, the whole approach to the problem of unemployed women was completely revitalised. With
The republicans argued that Roosevelt had too much power in the federal government and acted as if he was a dictator. They claim that Roosevelt attacked the American system of government and was no different from Hitler. Also the Supreme Court had been shaken by Roosevelt’s actions and was less obstructive in the future. However supporters of the New Deal, Schivelbusch argues that “Hitler and Roosevelt were both charismatic leaders who held the masses in their sway—and without this sort of leadership, neither National Socialism nor the New Deal would have been possible.” He asked the Congress to give him the power to appoint other Supreme Court judges. This was because Republicans were dominating the American Supreme Court who were opposed to the New Deal and denied democracy by throwing out laws that Roosevelt had been elected to pass. Also it was not that he took over the power and used it for his own, he used it to settle down the US depression as soon as …show more content…
For example, Eleanor Roosevelt became an important campaigner on social issues that shows that women achieved prominent positions. Nevertheless critics of the New Deal says that the new deal itself did not affect women’s position. The reason being is that the New Deal programmes were aimed to help male manual workers such as the CCC which only about 8000 women were involved. In contrast, WPA program, the National Youth Administration (NYA), provided opportunities for young girls. NYA offered educational opportunities, work training, and financial aid for youth between ages sixteen and twenty-five. This shows that not only the new deal helped the women but also in a long term cultivate talent out of youngsters. ER was determined to change this and from the start of the Roosevelt Administration, she began be in charge of the federal employment relief programs to make sure that opportunities for labour were made available to women. As a consequence of her efforts, FDR’s closest advisor, Harry Hopkins, not only agreed to create a special woman’s division within the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, but also to appoint a woman to head it. Hopkins asked Ellen Woodward to do so. Under her direction, the whole approach to the problem of unemployed women was completely revitalised. With