How the New Deal Failed to Achieve Its Objectives
“The New Deal failed to achieve its objectives” The ‘New Deal’ was introduced by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933, in his first 100 days in office. The new deal was based upon a series of economic programmes implemented in the United States by the federal government. Importantly, part of the new deal was based on the ‘Alphabet Agencies’ which were numerous amount of authorities/acts which were set up to either provide relief (for the people who had been affected by the great depression), reform (changing things to stop another crash from happening) and recovery (getting the economy going again). The main purpose for the New Deal was to get the economy going again and to give people the confidence again to spend. Even though this looked great, there was much opposition such as the Supreme Court, and people who believed in state rights. Due to this, a second new deal was introduced although even then had a lot of opposition. The New Deal had successes such as it had restored the faith of people in government after the ‘Laissez-Faire’ approach from Hoover. Many started to have disbeliefs in the government after how little President Hoover actually did for its people, although Roosevelt and his deal had restored confidence back into the hearts of the people and showed how believing in the government can benefit them. The deal also preserved democracy and ensured there was no mass support of ‘right-wing’ politicians. This also had a huge impact as it greatly extended the role of central government and the role of the President. On the other hand, the New Deal failed its objective as it gave too much power to the federal government and the presidency. Many people feared that overpower of the federal government was going to introduce communism, as they had recently seen it take over the USSR. People did not like the fact that the government was taking too much control over their rights; they did not want it to interfere with the rules and regulations of each