New Deal

In the Great Depression, there were hardly any jobs. So, Franklin D. Roosevelt, also known as FDR, came up with a plan called the “New Deal.” The three main goals of this plan was relief, recovery, and reform. To accomplish those tasks, many groups were formed. One of those groups was the Civilian Conservation Corps, also known as the CCC. The main goal of the Civilian Conservation Corps was to put young men from ages eighteen to twenty-five to work and to solve the physical problems of the…

Not only the SCS maintained long-term conservations, but also more new organizations and acts came out to enhance the environmental conservations. For example, the Agricultural Appropriations Act of 1953, the Flood Control Act in 1954, the first Earth Day demonstration in 1970, the National Environmental Policy Act in…

public works projects to help lower the unemployment rate. However, President Roosevelt’s New Deal created many relief programs such as the Federal Surplus Relief Corporation, the Federal Farm Bankruptcy Act, the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Jones-Connally Farm Relief Act, and many more which led to more and more government-funded aid for industry. Trying to restore the nation’s prosperity, the New Dealers worked tirelessly to pass legislation to aid labor, agriculture, insurance, and…

on, her name was erased from the memories of the New Deal era, but much of her work, including the Social Security Act and standards for minimum wage, overtime pay, and child labor, has survived. Although the average American citizen today cannot recall her place in history, they are affected by her legacy. While serving as secretary of labor under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Frances Perkins assisted with the drafting of transformative New Deal legislation. She was especially…

In the fall of 1929, the economic downturn of the Depression was triggered by a rapid decline in values of stock at the New York Stock Exchange in the fall of 1929. During this time, the national income had been cut in half, over nine million savings accounts evaporated, and five thousand banks had collapsed. Such a terrible economic climate inevitably impacted the entertainment industry, specifically Hollywood. In response to these times, the film industry created a studio system in which only…

In 1932, Franklin Delano Roosevelt won the Presidency of the United States and changed the path of the nation. Roosevelt changed the economy, set new precedents, and became one of the most prominent presidents in American history. The influence that Roosevelt has on modern America is not only a testament to his successful political policies, but also his intelligence, grace, and leadership that steered the nation through two of the twentieth century’s most severe crises. For his actions as the…

morning, and driving your brand new car to work. Then, one day, your life takes a faster turn than a tornado. Your having to work all of the time with aches and pains, and you never have any free time. You can barely pay your bills, for you lost all of your money as if someone took all of the money you used to have and set it ablaze. This was the feeling that the people that lived through the Great Depression felt. The story Digging In by Robert Hansing, The New Deal, and the poem Debts…

During a study in New York, people were affected by many floods that were cause by water drainage from Long Island into the Nissequogue River. Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York made the argument that "The cheapest way to deal with flood damage is to prevent it in the first place. Nearly one-thousand homes have been impacted by the recurring flooding of Nissequogue River and this restoration project is vital in ensuring this problem is put to an end," He made this point while he argued…

the Senate of the State of New York and then went on to serve as Secretary of the Navy. and He was part of the joint committee which is the so called Ministry…

country. Roosevelt is the only president to have served more than two terms. Despite facing both political and personal challenges, Roosevelt managed to emerge on top as one of the nation’s most esteemed presidents. Roosevelt was born into a wealthy New York family and was a distant cousin of former president Theodore Roosevelt, who he greatly admired. Roosevelt studied law at Columbia University Law School and passed the bar exam, but he found law practice quite boring. So he set his eyes on…