Outline
Thesis: The various programs created by FDR’s New Deal helped bring the United States out of The Great Depression.
Paper Outline
Intro
Who was FDR
Why was he popular
His views
Thesis
II.) The U.S. emerges from a depression
About the depression
Who was affected
What the nation needed at the time
FDR’s help during New Deal
Who helped him
Why they did it
It’s effects on the nation
Restoring Banks
Why people lost faith in the banks
What FDR did to increase faith
the FDIC
More Americans get jobs
CWA
FERA
CCC
Business relief
How business was affected by depression
NIRA
NRA
SEC
Help for Farming
Depression hurts agriculture
AAA
Improving Americans lives
Poor conditions of depression
TVA
Conclusion
Overview of programs
overall effectiveness
alphabet soup
The day finally came when the United States, emerging to become a world power, began to crumble. Called Black Thursday, October 24, 1929 would be the start of The Great Depression, and the first test of the Communist influences that were present around the world (Schraff 17). Then in 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, FDR, was elected to the Presidency with hopes of uplifting Americans from the severe economic decline it was going through (Schlesinger 106). Roosevelt was prepared with a plan to battle depression with a set of new programs. His first “Hundred Days” helped pass new legislation to aid farmers, industrialists and workers (Watkins 123-160). “His technique was, as he said, ‘bold, persistent experimentation…Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something’” (Schlesinger 106). Roosevelt experimented with many new programs to help different groups, and Americans on the whole. The various programs created by FDR’s New Deal helped bring the United States out of the Great Depression.
Numerous factors caused the Great Depression in the United States from 1929 to 1945. One of these was stock market speculation. People began to buy stocks with money loaned from banks, and used these stocks as collateral to buy more stock. The stock market began to increase rapidly on false hopefulness and borrowed money. Due to this, the stock market was uneasy and many began to lose confidence in it. Those with stocks tried to sell them, and no one was willing to buy. This ultimately led to the downfall of the ...
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... and provided relief for those who can not support themselves. Overall, FDR’s New Deal helped create programs that ended the Great Depression. Although some argue that WWII ended the depression, FDR’s programs were the main support and foundation for the increase in production of war goods. Therefore, the various programs created by FDR’s New Deal helped bring the United States out of The Great Depression.
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The stock market crash of 1929 was one of the main causes of the Great Depression. Before the stock market crash, many people bought on margin, which caused the stock market to become very unbalanced, which led to the crash. Many people had invested heavily in the stock market during the 1920’s. All of these people who invested in the stock market lost all the money they had, since they relied on the stock market so much. The stock market crash also played a more physiological role in causing the Great Depression.
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...onger had any savings left to live off of. The New Deal program enhanced the lives of Americans during the Great Depression and changed the role of the federal government. Most historians agree that the New Deal was what helped alleviate many of the problems during the Great Depression and has been said to have ended the Great Depression.
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Historian Robert James Maddox starts the debate by siding with Truman and states that he made the right decision in dropping the bomb. Maddox uses several influential meetings, speculations and the presidents’ personal opinions on the situation to defend his statement. Some examples he uses include, Japanese military power and mentality, saving American lives, and unconditional surrender. In short, because the use of the atomic bomb occurred, the Japanese military lost their lust to fight to the end, countless lives were saved, and Japan surrendered. Therefore, although many Japanese lives were lost in the conflict the right decision was made by Harry Truman to authorize the usage of the bombs.
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