President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Ideas During The Great Depression
The Great Depression was a low point in American history that occurred during the 1930’s. During the time period, we were thankful to have a dedicated president that was willing to try unorthodox methods in order to get the country back and better than ever. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed a series of ideas to gain American support in order to get out of the Great Depression. The New Deal was a collection of federal programs such as economic recovery, job creation, and investment in public works that were launched by President Franklin D. Roosevelt after being taken into presidential office in 1933 where all of his ideas were successful but eventually shifted as time went on.
Roosevelt's involvement in Public works was really a phenomenal idea to create jobs and to come together as a nation. As an idea of Roosevelt's I found that his objective was, “The New Deal built hundreds of thousands of highways, bridges, hospitals, schools, theaters, libraries, city halls, homes, post offices, airports, and parks across America” (Great Depression 2). Some of the most interesting projects that Roosevelt …show more content…
Roosevelt stated the New Deal was designed for economic relief for our nation. The New Deal helped the banks and cleaned up the financial debt left over from the Stock Market crash of 1929 that was the start of the Great Depression. It stabilized prices of all industry and agriculture and helped state and local governments recover from the downfall. Although the New Deal got the United States of America out of the Great Depression, the after-effects of all the money spent, brought our country to great national debt, “The U.S. debt was $22 billion in 1933 and grew by 50 percent in the three years that followed, reaching $33 billion” (Treasury 3). Roosevelt gave his best effort to stick with his word in achieving economic relief but couldn’t control the national
Roosevelt's involvement in Public works was really a phenomenal idea to create jobs and to come together as a nation. As an idea of Roosevelt's I found that his objective was, “The New Deal built hundreds of thousands of highways, bridges, hospitals, schools, theaters, libraries, city halls, homes, post offices, airports, and parks across America” (Great Depression 2). Some of the most interesting projects that Roosevelt …show more content…
Roosevelt stated the New Deal was designed for economic relief for our nation. The New Deal helped the banks and cleaned up the financial debt left over from the Stock Market crash of 1929 that was the start of the Great Depression. It stabilized prices of all industry and agriculture and helped state and local governments recover from the downfall. Although the New Deal got the United States of America out of the Great Depression, the after-effects of all the money spent, brought our country to great national debt, “The U.S. debt was $22 billion in 1933 and grew by 50 percent in the three years that followed, reaching $33 billion” (Treasury 3). Roosevelt gave his best effort to stick with his word in achieving economic relief but couldn’t control the national