Conservatism: The Great Depression

One of the most severe worldwide economic downturns in history is known as the great depression. Numerous amount of issues and problems were taken place between the years of 1929-1939. The great depression brought a rapid rise in unemployment, bank failure, and much more. Despite the wide range of issues, Franklin D Roosevelt was actually concerned about the depression. Roosevelt's response to the great depression was very effective because he had launched the new deal, due to the uprising problems and issues of the great depression.

The Great Depression was a strenuous and devastating time for the United States; with millions of Americans losing their jobs, homes, and money. The banking industry and stock market are to blame for their irresponsible practices. Fortunately, when President Roosevelt was inaugurated into presidency, he had one mission: to end the Great Depression. He created a series of programs called the New Deal. Although the New Deal was somewhat successful, numerous Americans responded negatively to the New Deal. They saw it as unlawful and waste of national fund. Subsequently, these adverse reviews proved effective in the removable of certain agencies from the New Deal.

During the Great Depression era, many presidents found themselves sliding between political ideologies. They would identify with one, but also enact policies that fall unto the other side. They slid back and forth between being Liberal (or more Democratic) and being Conservative (or more Republican). The ideologies for each side bore a massive difference. The Democrats would favor help from the government while the Republicans chose to go with the attitude of it’s up to the people to make a difference - hard work and no help. The two presidents of this era, Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, had different policies abiding to their different sides. While these policies differed from the expected ideologies, they fall closely into what one would expect from today’s political parties.

In chapter 21, the Great Depression greatly affected the migrant families and local farmers. Mold of cruelty is a metaphor describing the harsh living condition that the migrant workers received from the landowners. In California, the local landowners didn’t want the migrants to take over “their land” so they armed themselves in order to prevent any uprising and threatening actions that will threaten their superiority. They felt they had a right to treat the migrants bad because they were the first to claimed the land. This treatment could be linked to WWII as the Nazi discriminated the Jews in Germany and in the United States, some people are still discriminating that immigrants the moved to the United States. Although, the men that were armed

Perhaps Franklin Roosevelt did not end the depression. Even so, his years in the White House were so important that his record and his personality remain controversial. For many he was a great leader. He helped millions of needy people. He revolutionized the role of government. His measures were slowly starting to pull the nation out of depression and might have finished the job if World War II had not occurred. He provided hope to the hopeless, help to the helpless and courage to a nation desperate for leadership. In the chilling atmosphere of fear that gripped the nation before Roosevelt's first term people seemed eager to follow any leader who promised action and an end to suffering. At a time when dictators around the world were persuading

“Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.” Franklin D Roosevelt, an American political leader who served as the President of the United States from 1933-1945 who brought the country out of The Great Depression. Although some critics say that FDR worsened the country, he put an end to the problems of the country and helped escape the troubled situations of their rough time period especially while the citizens were dealing with the stock market crash, causing unemployment and money loss which then led to struggle of many families. The response of FDR’s administration to the problems of the Great Depression was effective because he established many New Deal programs,

Cecchetti, Stephen G. "Understanding the Great Depression: Lessons for Current Policy ." Monetary Economics (1997): 1-26.

The US was deep the Great Depression. Business was unstable and people were afraid. Many believed this was more than a Business depression it was a greater depression of the American people. They were losing faith that Democracy could work well for America and restore them to a prosperous way of life. Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) needed to inspire the nation to be brave, fearless and to take action!

The three conservative Republican presidents wanted to get back to serving the public with less direct government intervention and more co-managing with big business. After WWI, the United States turned and from its international interest to its traditional style of foreign policy such as military unpreparedness and isolationism. The “Old Guard” wanted to get back to its old business of laissez-faire business with government helping businesses push profits but keep their hands off business at the same time. Harding allowed corporations to expand again and regulation of trusts were less enforced. Harding appointed to his ICC Board men that were more lenient on the railroad industry. Government control over wartime decisions disappeared such as the War Industries Board and an act was passed to sell a majority of war ships for a reduced price. This would make our navies less prepared for war. The railroads were also turned back over to private industry. Labor organization unions lost much of its power against wage cuts. Strikes were shut down with government injunctions like the Steel strike and the Boston Police strike in 1919. Labor membership suffered a decline of thirty percent for the next years. A Veterans’ Bureau was established to handle the veterans’ hospitals and rehab clinics for the vets that had returned from war. Veterans wanted to be compensated for their time in the war and a bureau was set up to pay an insurance

American Society in the United States during the years between 1960-1989 were filled with events and movements which marked the rise and growth of a new way of thinking called New Conservatism. New Conservatism was a system of political beliefs and philosophies that involved a shift in the Republican party. This shift involved a move from a moderate, pro business government identity to a more extreme right-winged philosophy of old american traditions, state rights, christian morales and opposition to big government. This change was brought on by the results of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal in response to the Great Depression which ended with massive government involvement and the raise of young counterculture groups involved in Civil Rights and Free Speech movements. Those in favor of New Conservatism wanted neither big

In which ways did the Fifties and Sixties in the USA set the scene for the rise of conservatism in the Seventies and into the Reagan era? Was the rise of the right inevitable? Please explain your point of view.

The United States encountered many ordeals during the Great Depression (1929-1939). Poverty, unemployment and despair clouded the “American Dream” and intensified the urgency for solutions to address and control the nationwide damage. President Franklin Roosevelt proposed the New Deal to detoxify the nation of its suffering. It can be argued that the New Deal was ineffective due to the inability to end the Great Depression with its short-term solutions and created more problems, however; it was successful in regards to providing direct relief for the needy, economic recovery and some structural reform for the majority of the general public in the severity of the Great Depression.

For more than a decade, from 1929 to 1940, America’s economy failed to operate at a level that allowed most Americans to attain economic success. A worldwide depression struck countries with market economies at the end of the 1920s. Although the Great Depression was relatively mild in some countries, it was severe in others, especially in the United States. The Great Depression left the American economy in ruins with problems that would take decades to fix. Government involvement increased in an effort to reconstruct our recession stricken economy.

The late 1930s were a time of great suffering and uncertainty in the United States. The country was crippled by effects of the Great Depression; the result was a massive decline in jobs and economic stability that dramatically impacted both rural and urban communities. Millions of Americans were out of work, unable to support their families. State organizations and charities were unable to meet the growing needs of the people and many were left to fend for themselves. The Great Depression brought with it a legitimate, tangible fear about the future of America and its citizens. Upon the outcry of the American people a “New Deal” was struck giving the citizens of America a lifeline of hope in the ever-growing State. The New Deal was a succession of programs, organizations and laws, enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, directly addressing the issues of jobs, welfare and uncertainty through direct federal involvement. The creators of the New Deal worked across party lines to reshape the norms of state involvement whilst making a great legislative effort to turn the declining economy around. The New Deal reshaped the federal government’s relationship with its citizens in a time of economic uncertainty helping to grow the State in a time of peace.

The America in the 1930s was drastically different from the luxurious 1920s. The stock market had crashed to an all time low, unemployment was the highest the country had ever seen, and all American citizens were affected by it in some way or another. Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal was effective in addressing the issues of The Great Depression in the sense that it provided immediate relief to US citizens by lowering unemployment, increasing trust in the banks, getting Americans out of debt, and preventing future economic crisis from taking place through reform. Despite these efforts The New Deal failed to end the depression. In order for America to get out of this economic