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The New Deal Dbq Essay

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Presidency changes every four years allowing Americans to see new and different results. From 1929 until 1939 the Great Depression shocked all of America. The Great Depression occurred after the stock market crashed revealing underlying problems in the United States’ economy. The banks were giving out risky loans and the farmers were overstocking on crops. The previous president, Herbert Hoover, did not try much to solve this major economic downfall. He was worried about too much government interference. He resulted in violence when protests arose and people even built shanty towns and called them Hoovervilles to mock him for not helping the poor. The nation really needed the government’s help. When Roosevelt beat Hoover in the following election, …show more content…

The New Deal had a variety of programs that proved to be effective during the Great Depression. While some of them failed or were ruled unconstitutional many succeeded in helping the economy whether it was temporarily or permanently. The programs were made for many different problems and tried to find a solution, some provided direct work for the unemployed. One of these programs was known as the TVA which stands for the Tennessee Valley Authority. A chart on the New Deal Legislation describes each policy including the TVA, CCC, and WPA. It created public corporations that would construct dams and power projects. (Document 3). Two of the other programs that helped with unemployment were the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Public Works Administration (WPA) which employed 8 million people by creating public works projects. (Document 3). In fact, two programs are still in effect today: the Tennessee Valley Authority(TVA) and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) (Document 3). The programs that helped to employ people throughout the nation helped with unemployment which led to people buying more products which put money back into circulation because the more people bought the more employees they needed. Also because of the New Deal unions became stronger. During a song named “Songs and Yells of Steel Workers” the lyrics say, “We’re …show more content…

Many people feared that the New Deal was trying to steer them away from the Constitution and worried it would weaken it (Document 8). The New Deal consisted of many programs and caused the government to get more involved in the people’s lives. This was different from the Constitution, and people were worried because there was nothing wrong with the Constitution; they thought why change the way the nation works? The New Deal also failed to be effective because too many people were worried about how it would affect the nation. One person warned others that “This Proposal should give every American grave concern for it is a step towards absolutism and complete the dictatorial power” (Document 7). He is warning the people of the United States that the New Deal is going too far and because it is not fixing all that it needs to, it is only giving more power to the government. He believes that it is not affecting the economy and only leading to a dictatorship. This document was written because many people were worried about the Court-Packing Plan which would give the President power to get more people from their party on the Court that way more laws could be passed. This man believes that the Court-Packing Plan was Roosevelt’s way to cheat the system. The New Deal had also supplemented many programs to help get money circulated back

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