The Impact of the New Deal on the United States

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The Impact of the New Deal on the United States The Great Depression, an era of great poverty, misery, and

hopelessness, proved to be one of the most dreadful time periods in

all of America’s history. During the Great Depression, dreams were

lost and having a moderate amount of food everyday became a difficult

challenge for many. Nonetheless, through the dark clouds, appeared

the next president of the United States: Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

By offering hope in his inaugural address, Roosevelt boosted morale

and despair from the country for he had developed 15 methods to help

the American people in this time period of melancholy. Congress

approved all 15 procedures, which were part of the president’s New

Deal program. Regardless of it’s potential to change America

completely; many criticized the New Deal for being unconstitutional.

However, during the New Deal reign, it stood strong and helped the

country of America, more than it didn’t.

When Roosevelt became president, it was quite clear that banks were no

longer trusted and that many banks were financially in trouble. As a

consequence, Roosevelt decided to create a bank holiday, meaning that

all banks were to be closed for a few days. On March 9, it took only

Congress a few hours to pass the Emergency Banking Act. This act gave

permission to the government to examine all banks and allow those that

were financially performing well, to reopen. Roosevelt then told the

American people to reinvest and ...

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...al Recovery Administration asked competition to be fair

* Supreme Court found this unconstitutional

Support 4: (- outcome) Agricultural Adjustment

* Passed by Congress in 1933. Purpose was to improve farmer’s

purchasing power.

* Agricultural Adjustment Administration paid farmers reduce cotton,

wheat, corn, hogs, rice, tobacco, dairy products, and other

substances.

* The money for payments came from taxes- processors- meat packers,

canners, and flour millers.

* Was found unconstitutional for farmers gained more power. Civil

people lost purchasing power.

Conclusion:

* All in all New Deal had + and – features

* +Banks, loans, and jobs were created

* -Unconstitutional aspects

* Over all impact was + due to the reason that it helped the country

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