Domestic Policy Vs New Deal

Many events lead into the New Deal and the Second New Deal. Both of these deals have a more general term called a Domestic Policy. Domestic Policy deals with strategies within the United States. There were a few downfalls with previous Presidents, however the new upcoming President that enforced the New Deal made American life better for citizens. In the 1920’s election, United States Senator (1915- 1921) Warren G. Harding and Ohio Governor (1913-1915 and 1917-1921) James M. Cox were running against each other as mentioned by Woods. Out of the two candidates Warren G. Harding won the 1920’s election and was sworn in January of 1921. According to “Warren G. Harding, the Politics of Normalcy, and the West”, “The majority of voters in the
Harding offered his new policy of returning to “normalcy.” The event that lead Warren G. Harding to start the policy of “normalcy” was the Great Depression. At this point in time, it was a struggle for many people. They had to fight through this challenge in their way to either provide for themselves or their family. As mentioned by Woods, “President Harding considered an array of interventions to turn the economy around.” The economy had somewhat of an increase in employment. However, some blame the start of the Great Depression because of President Harding and his decisions.
In the next upcoming election, Herbert Hoover was elected. Quoted by Olsen, “... either hated or loved by elder Americas.” Why do the elder Americans either hate or love Herbert Hoover?” Obviously many thought it was a major problem during the Great Depression while others most likely thought that he was a great help throughout the Great Depression. “Hoover
As quoted from Franklin Delano Roosevelt himself, “It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.” So from this he came up with the New Deal. Within the New Deal many programs helped U.S. citizens had to fight through the hardship ahead. Congress undoubtedly played a major part in help to form the New Deal. Bertilli mentions that, “Scholars have argued that increasing “congressional dominance” over bureaucracy was a compromise that was born of the declining influence of the New Deal.” Also mentioned by Bertilli, “Congressional action during the New Deal changed U.S. governance through an explosion of new programs actively managed by federal administrative authorities.” From this we can conclude that the New Deal had a huge impact on