Roosevelt's Introduction of the New Deal

Roosevelt's Introduction of the New Deal

There were many reasons why Roosevelt introduced the new deal, and the

aims of Roosevelt in introducing this New Deal were getting Americans

back to work, protecting their savings and properties, providing

relief for the sick, old and unemployed, to get the American industry

and agriculture back on it’s feet and to boost the self esteem and to

raise the moral of the American people.

Roosevelt also wanted to change the style of the way in which Herbert

Hoover was running America previously. Hoover was a Republican. The

Republicans were formed in 1854 and dedicated to national rights as a

result they had been a dominant power in the running of America since

1856. Coalitions of shifting interests made them modernise and become

anti-state especially regarding welfare. Roosevelt however was a

Democrat which were formed earlier than the Republicans and were

anti-Federalist and again because of coalitions of shifting interests

they gained modern support from Liberals and minorities.

In the 1920’s the US economy faced a crisis, although few people

recognised that it was happening. It was a crisis of over production

which basically meant that America was producing more products or

goods than it could sell. The ‘boom’ had been based on selling

consumer goods and this meant finding more and more people to buy

goods such as fridges, telephones, vacuum cleaners etc. By the late

1920’s the market was running out of customers, and this was the

beginning of the Wall Street Crash.

Even before the Wall Street Crash more than 60% of American families

did not have enough money to live on. Farmers, unemployed and low-wage

earners had no money to spare for consumer goods after they had fed,

clothed and housed themselves and their families. The well off could

not go on buying and buying as there were limits to how many of these

goods they needed and US industry could not sell abroad because other

countries had put tariffs on US imports.

Even the very rich lost money on Wall Street but they could just about