New Deal Dbq

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When one defines party identification, strong party loyalty is central. However, a cursory glance over the previous one hundred years of American history shows that politics has changed, so too the public’s response. While multiple factors may contribute to changes in voting and public opinion, national identity and economic conditions play major roles when viewing the outcome in retrospect. The American voter has evolved from being party-oriented to candidate-centered. This paper will show that a voter’s party identification does not always guarantee that the voter will vote for his party. Similarly, when a controversial bill is proposed in Congress, some legislators are willing to vote with the opposing party to pursue their own ideology …show more content…

Besides functioning as a response to the Great Depression, the liberal New Deal attracted some conservatives, thereby splitting the Republican Party. Economic conditions and national identity issues contributed to the party conversion in 1932. The Great Depression had devastating effects on the nation. From 1929 to 1933, unemployment rose from 4% to 25% and manufacturing output decreased rapidly. In addition, the national debt incurred during the Hoover administration doubled from 20% to …show more content…

With promises for social reforms and introduction of work relief programs that tried to decrease the unemployment rate, Roosevelt garnered support from the large unemployed population. The economic implications of the Great Depression also impacted the issue of race especially for African-Americans. As the economy worsened, they experienced more hardship compared to whites since they were the first social group to be dismissed from their jobs in order to give way to unemployed whites, thus suffering from unemployment two to three times that of whites. Although they were Republicans, the party of emancipation, the plight of African-Americans were ignored during the 1920s. Additionally, President Hoover nominated John J. Parker to the U.S. Supreme Court, someone who had strong anti-black opinions. These actions by previous Republican administrations disillusioned black voters and forced them to drift towards the Democratic camp where they first voted significantly as Democrats in 1928. Roosevelt’s presidential election in 1932 was supported by Democratic black voters and saw Roosevelt’s New Deal programs as an opportunity for them to access public assistance programs that were denied to them previously. Thus, racial issues are significant in

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