Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal During The Great Depression

The stock market crash in 1929 had a devastating effect on the American citizens and people around the world. Thousands of men and women were out of work, banks were closed, people lost all their hard-earned savings, families were evicted from their homes, food was hard to attain, the world was in a dismal and desperate state. In one form or another the Great Depression troubled everyone. However, there was a lot of good and success that occurred during this dark time. As author and English professor Marianna Torgovnick states “ the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, King Kong… Fred Astaire, Shirley Temple… Joe DiMaggio, Amelia Earhart, Dracula Films, the Lone Ranger, Superman, Nancy Drew… Bingo Monopoly, miniature golf, and swing…
When Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president in 1933, he made several significant changes for the betterment of the country, Some of these changes are still in effect this day. All within his first 100 days of his presidency, he implemented “passage of banking reform laws, emergency relief programs, work relief programs, and agricultural programs”( President FDR and the New Deal) which were all plans a part of what is called the New Deal. The New Deal created projects all across the nation that would help the improve the current state of the country. Men were hired to build dams, install electricity in rural areas, young men were hired to work in national parks and would send a portion of the paycheck home. The jobs that President Roosevelt created helped employ 11111 of the 12 million people that were unemployed. These jobs gave families steady incomes, a sense of security, and faith in their country. Another aspect of the New Deal was the Public Works Art Project; it supported around 4,000 artists and created over pieces of art. Artists were assigned to create murals, paintings, and sculptures within their local areas. These art creations and work projects helped strengthen the country and improved the people’s dampened
They let nothing go to waste, whether it was food, fabric, cans,any other household object, or even old chicken feed sacks and flour sacks. “With feed sacks and flour bags, farm women took thriftiness to new heights of creativity, transforming the humble bags into dresses, underwear, towels, curtains, quilts, and any other household necessities” (Feedsack Dress). Women were able to keep their children warm and clothed by adding a touch a creativity and thriftiness. The companies producing the sacks soon realized that sacks with the more attractive patterns were being sold first. It soon became a competition between companies to see who could create the loveliest design with the most unique colors. Women would then make their families fashionable clothing and with the leftover scraps they would create one of a kind quilts. If they met their family’s needs, they would sell the leftover fabric or their newly created clothes in hopes of earning a few extra dollars. Soon, competitions appeared where women would participate in quilting bees or display their work at the state fair in hopes to win a blue ribbon. Sewing was a useful and fun way to distract women from the hardships they were facing, all while helping them provide for their