How Did President Roosevelt's New Deal Effective?
The years of the depression were a few of the worst years in American history. Multiple people attempted to revive the economy, but ended up worsening the conditions.When FDR took office in 1933, many people were hopeful for what his presidency was going to bring, but opinions varied. Some believed that Roosevelt failed to extend his reforms of the new deal far enough to impact the society, but others believed he did just enough to make a difference without taking advantage of the power given to him through the federal government. Although it is controversial whether President Roosevelt’s New Deal was effective, most of his reforms benefited the American people and the economy. Over the course of Roosevelt’s presidency, he experienced many
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When the Great Depression first started, the unemployment rate was at an astonishing 25%, about 15 million people. It then fluctuated during that time down to 8.3 million people, back up to 10.5 million, and leveled out to be about 8 million in the end ("Was the New Deal a Success," 2015). People not in favor of FDR’s new deal strongly argued that Roosevelt failed to destroy unemployment; therefore, his new deal was unsuccessful. Although it did not destroy unemployment completely, he ultimately decreased the number of people out of work because he applied many new jobs for Americans. One of FDR’s main goals was to create more opportunities for work. Through a system called the Civilian conservation corporation, FDR was able to get thousands of young men to participate, “in a variety of conservation projects such as planting trees to combat soil erosion and maintain national forests; eliminating stream pollution; creating fish, game and bird sanctuaries; and conserving coal, petroleum, shale, gas, sodium and helium deposits" (Hardman, n.d.). He created more jobs through the Tennessee Valley authority. This program not only benefitted the people, but it also helped the environment. Under this program, people were put to work building power
When the Great Depression first started, the unemployment rate was at an astonishing 25%, about 15 million people. It then fluctuated during that time down to 8.3 million people, back up to 10.5 million, and leveled out to be about 8 million in the end ("Was the New Deal a Success," 2015). People not in favor of FDR’s new deal strongly argued that Roosevelt failed to destroy unemployment; therefore, his new deal was unsuccessful. Although it did not destroy unemployment completely, he ultimately decreased the number of people out of work because he applied many new jobs for Americans. One of FDR’s main goals was to create more opportunities for work. Through a system called the Civilian conservation corporation, FDR was able to get thousands of young men to participate, “in a variety of conservation projects such as planting trees to combat soil erosion and maintain national forests; eliminating stream pollution; creating fish, game and bird sanctuaries; and conserving coal, petroleum, shale, gas, sodium and helium deposits" (Hardman, n.d.). He created more jobs through the Tennessee Valley authority. This program not only benefitted the people, but it also helped the environment. Under this program, people were put to work building power