The New Deal Dbq

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, took a hold of the position of President of the United States of America in 1933, right after the Great Depression started. Great Depression (1929-1939), was the biggest economic downfall in the history of United States. It led to the unemployment of 13 to 15 million people, setting the entire Wall Street to panic and failing nearly half of the banks of United States, closing thousands of businesses. President Roosevelt was the one who leaded United States during a time of worldwide economic depression and a total world war. Some historians and opponents of President Roosevelt argue that the New Deal introduced by him was just a political stunt to alter American traditional and was ineffective in its proposal to end …show more content…

His deals based on 3R’s; Relief, Reform and Recovery. The Depression was a time of tremendous suffering.The confused and hungry nation turned to the government for assistance, and the federal government led by President response to economic emergency was quick and massive. Right after the day of his inauguration on March 5, Franklin D. Roosevelt closed all United States’s Banks on a temporary basis to stop massive withdrawals. He addressed the nation and came up with the plan for stabilizing of the …show more content…

Giving jobs to millions of unemployed and giving them places to live and other facilities. This required huge amount of the money from the system and Republicans and other businessmen strongly opposed it. According to Washington Times article, it is claimed by some historians that Great Depression ended just due to the outbreak of World War 2. It was not a government spending but the shrinkage of government ended the Great Depression. Many of the critics of the Franklin D. Roosevelt opposed his presidency due to his control and impact over the congress and blamed him of

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