New Deal Dbq

America was in a crisis. People panicked when they saw their money just fly out the window. However, one man was able to bring peace and harmony back into the lives of the American people. Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, created a New Deal for the American people. It created new government programs to aid the unemployed and elderly, and it created a sense of unity. Although it did not seem beneficial at the time of the Great Depression, it created a path beneficial for the future in which America today still uses some of these government programs and their ideals. One of the first victories Roosevelt had was reopening banks for the American people. On March 13, “the nation’s largest and strongest banks opened their doors; at the end of the day, customers had deposited more cash than they withdrew” (647). This was beneficial because it lead to the people gaining back their money to go out and buy some necessities for the home. However, it was not quite enough for them to buy even the most expensive

It basically stated that people over the age of sixty could get a monthly pension of $200, but it must be spent within thirty days (653). More than ten million petitions endorsed this plan. However, Roosevelt had a different plan called the Social Security Act which passed in 1935. It had three major parts which included: providing for the old-age pensions, setting up a system of unemployment compensation on a federal-state basis with employees paying a payroll tax and each state setting benefit levels and administering the program locally, and finally providing for direct federal grants to the states for welfare payments to the blind, handicapped, needy elderly, and dependent children (654). Roosevelt saw the importance of aiding the elderly which in turn shaped America to this day when it comes to Social