New Deal

government when they cannot support their family. Others agree help is warranted but there must be limits set to avoid fraud or the program becomes not an aid but a way of life. Over the course of our nation’s history welfare reform has taken on many new faces and gone through many struggles. Now many…

According to Eric Foner’s “Give Me Liberty” Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born in 1882 and the fifth cousin of Theodore Roosevelt he won the election of 1932 as the 32nd president. While everyone was in despair from the Great Depression he began to restore the confidence of the people starting with a “bank holiday” and his series of broadcasts to the public. During the “bank holiday” all banking operations were temporarily stopped and many acts were passed to rescue the financial system and…

Americans facing unemployment and new taxes in the early 1990s definitely caused George H. W. Bush to lose his bid to be re-elected in the 1992 election. Many U.S. citizens felt betrayed after Bush agreed to a tax increase despite his promise: “read my lips, no new taxes!” This hurt him a great deal. Not only that, but Bush, a very rich man, seemed very unrelatable toward the American people. He was glaringly out of touch because he had been government for decades, losing touch with day to day…

The FTP was the federal theater project. There were many reasons for why the FTP failed. THe emphasis on social themes helped cause the downfall of the project. During the depression the producers began to close the doors in the season 1931-1932. Another reason for the failing of the project was censorship. In text two it states that “The emphasis on social themes that also helped the cause of the downfall of the project then it became a political issues’’. when it came from the house of…

college. Without a doubt, FDR attempted to enhance the power of the executive branch, just as Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin were all successful in accomplishing, through the court-packing scheme in 1937 where the NIRA and AAA components of his New Deal were deemed not constitutional. As a result, FDR tried to get Congressional approval in adding six more executively elected Supreme Court justices. While his attempt certainly reflected dictator-like qualities, Congress ultimately prevented the…

people had to worry about the german threat was over and they started to focus more on themselves than ever before. It was a more consumer friendly society with new technologies such as the car that only cost two hundred and sixty dollars in 1924 and with credit being easy to obtain it made cars the most attainable luxury one could get. The new technologies also made it easier for woman to clean their homes which lead to woman now having more time for luxuries such as the radio and television.…

2014 What is an American? Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the Interior for President Franklin D. Roosevelt, delivered an impactful speech that reminded Americans what it means to be an American. This speech was delivered during I am an American Day in New York City’s Central Park on May 18, 1941. At this time Adolf Hitler and the Nazis had control over many countries and seemed to be heading toward world domination. At this time, many Americans did not understand why the United States needed to…

In 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president and began the New Deal, which was an enigmatic reformation in the early to mid-thirties. In the thirties era, there were two influential individuals by name Huey Long and Charles Coughlin. Huey Long was killed in 1935, but before he was killed, he accomplished and lead a wave of new ideas, such as the launch of the share our wealth movement. Charles Coughlin was a radio host who used the radio to promote his views and gain the attention of…

jobs and reducing government spending and aiding America through World War 2 with strategic plans. In 1932, the American population was not happy with President Hoover’s effect on the economy, so they chose Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt as their new president. America was in the middle of its greatest economic depression known as “The Great Depression” so unemployment rates were extremely high and people were desperate for change. In his first 100 days, Roosevelt passed the Emergency Banking…

The National Youth Administration, or NYA, was a New Deal agency that focused on supplying employment and education for young Americans. Overall, the agency helped millions of youth by providing work, training, and financial help. It also opened two programs, the WPP and SAP, that focused on providing training for the young people. The NYA helped solve some of the problems during the depression, and although later abolished, was very successful. The Great Depression began in 1929, soon after…