After the prosperous Roarin’ 20s, America went through a deplorable era of unemployment, food shortages, and debt. But once FDR got elected, he implemented his New Deal programs to help America get back on track. FDR’s New Deal stopped America’s economic downfall, relieved hundreds of Americans, reformed many policies, and consequently expanded government power.

FDR sought to respond to the banking system during his First 100 Days. Banks essentially gave everyone loans and didn't care if they didn't get paid. When this was going on, banks were giving out people's loans to other people and not getting those loans back. This is called bank runs. This resulted in your money being lost. He created the Emergency Banking Act that shut down banks …show more content…
Unemployment rates were at nearly ¼ the population in the Great Depression. Poverty was also a huge issue, as many Americans were making an annual income below the poverty line. FDR created more programs to solve these issues. These include but are not limited to the Public Works Administration, Civilian Conversation Corps, and the Works Progress Administration. In Document A, it shows how poor people were not being helped by the government. The point of view in this article from someone who realizes the ills of not aiding the poor and how the US needs to do something about it. To help this issue, FDR implemented the PWA to supply jobs to jobless people to do, well, public work things, such as building roads or buildings. The PWA was extremely successful because it addressed the isssue of unemployment and provided jobs for people, but it also improved the condition of structures in the country. However, this increased national debt. The CCC was very similar in the sense that it offerred many jobs to people who lacked one. The Federal Emergency Relief Program was also created to give funding to local relief programs. The New Deal also took into account the lives of blacks. “For the first time in their lives, government has taken on meaning and substance for the Negroe masses” (I). The purpose of this document is to illustate how black lives were finally being taken into consideration. According to Document J, …show more content…
It did not heal the issue of recovery. Roosevelt's National Industrial Recovery Act, one of his cheif recovery programs, was repealed by the Supreme Court because it was determined to be unconstitutional. The NIRA promoted a cycle of under and overproduction. Document F shoes how the court ruled against the NIRA because how it exoanded government powers. The purpose of this document is to show how the government's powers have expanded too far. The AAA was also created to keep farm prices stable by paying farmers not to overproduce. This was also said to be unconstitutional because it regulated farm production and how much should be produced, which is taking government power too far. “The Administration at Washington is accelerating its (sic) pace towards socialism” (B). The purpose of this document is to show how the New Deal was slowly creating a socialist