What Did Fdr Do During The Great Depression

The Great Depression came has a huge hit not only the American economy, but also to the whole world's economy. To stop such a devastating depression, the U.S. government had to come up with a plan to combat the issues. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the president at the time, what he came up with to fight the Great Depression was called the New Deal. Within the New Deal there are the three R’s, which are relief, recovery, and reform. Roosevelt believed the New Deal would help heal the U.S. economy, but in the end, only a few aspects of the New Deal helped the economy, whereas a lot of the other aspect did no good for America. To start off with the first of the three R’s is relief. A large issue that started the depression was the lack of trust in big banks. Many big banks would loan out money and so, when everyone wanted to withdraw their money, the banks could
One of the large unions was the Committee for Industrial Organization (CIO). This organization gave help to unskilled workers and would help give them higher wages and safer working conditions. John L. Lewis was a large factor in the creation of the CIO. The largest strike that was forged by the United Auto Workers, was in Flint, Michigan and was in a General Motors factory. It was a sit down strike which meant that the workers would halt all production and prevent the company from hiring new employees. What made the difference were the women who went and helped their husband by feeding them and also created commotion on the outside. They also would sit on the front lines and would block and stall for the workers inside. These strikes really promoted the joining of unions and in the end it made working conditions for the workers better and got better pay. The Wagner Act was a very good addition for the blue collar workers, and in general made an impact in benefiting and fighting back against the