New Deal Dbq

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No analysis of the New Deal is complete without an analysis of Franklin D. Roosevelt himself. He assumed Presidency at the depth of the Great Depression and helped the Americans regain faith in themselves. All across the country, people were facing economic challenges. "The Great Depression" officially began when the stock market crashed. This was called the Great Stock Market Crash of 1929. People who invested their money in stocks began to lose all of their money. They couldn't pay their bank loans or personal bills. The depression affected the nation's banks as well. By 1932, many banks had closed their doors. This meant that many individuals lost all of their savings. Without money, several families could not afford a place to stay or a sufficient amount of food to eat. They also couldn't buy goods and services, which meant most businesses had to close as …show more content…

It did not help ease the suffering of any of those groups. Many people claimed that it went against the United States’ tradition of Laissez-faire and it also meant that the government interfered with the economy. The Supreme Court saw the New Deal as harmful and unconstitutional. Some Americans resented the fact that they had to pay higher taxes to help with the new deal. There were violent clashes between unionist and employers. The New Deal did not even achieve its main goal of ending the Depression. When President Roosevelt withdrew some spending just to see the results, the economy immediately slumped. Which meant that American people would be dependent on government money for longer than they thought. It did not solve unemployment because unemployment rates were still high until America entered the war. The New Deal did not solve the economy (the economy only improved at the end of World War II). Therefore, I do not believe that the New Deal was truly successful and helped the country as a

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