New Deal Dbq

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Throughout the course of American history, foreign policy has constantly been changing. With new threats arising just about every day, the President of the United States must protect the country in every such way possible. While the Americans wanted to be neutral during World War II, these efforts were unsuccessful due to the events occurring at Pearl Harbor; due to cause and effect of the Holocaust, the United States adopted a different foreign polices during different time periods in which they saw best suited to secure they country. As Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) was inaugurated into office during March of 1933, his mind was set about resolving the depression; in efforts to stabilize the economy and provide jobs, came the Second New Deal, …show more content…

Many had lost jobs, homes, and life savings due to the collapse in the stock market. The Second New deal aided America in providing new jobs, along with allowing one to file for unemployment as they were on the hunt for a job (History.com). In addition to the Second New Deal, FDR also worked on strengthening foreign relations with other countries for trade and allied purposes, thus came the Lend Lease Act of 1941. President Roosevelt states, “I have said this before, but I shall say it again and again and again; your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars,”( Lend-Lease Act (1941)).,showing the country that he is doing everything in his power to keep the United States out of the war. The Lend Lease Act allowed them to do just that; this act allowed the United States to lend their war equipment to those fighting in the war “whose security was vital to the defense of …show more content…

Truman immediately went to work and developed the Truman administration policy that focused on three main topics: economic, political, and security. He first started with the Greece/Turkey and the Truman Doctrine which economic military and economic advisors requested $400 million to aid Greece and Turkey in there Civil war. Next, came the Marshall Plan in which was a pragmatic approach on the problem faced in Western Europe in hopes of restoring it. This plan was a great success because it gave Europe a future as it helped in massively stabilizing and grow politically and economically. The last phase in this plan would be NATO, which is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Sine the United States was considered “economically strong” (North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)), they thought that it was a vital role to help Europe in order to stop the spread of communism throughout the continent. This is considered the first peacetime military alliance the United States entered outside of the Western Hemisphere. Along with the Truman administration policy, the National Security Act was also being put into place. This policy called for a major reconstruction of the foreign policy along with the military establishment of the U.S Government. This policy created many institutions that helped when formulating and implementing the foreign policy (North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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