Compare And Contrast The New Deal And The Progressive Era
he economic, social, and agricultural phenomena that spiraled out of control in 1929 decimated the artistically characterized luxurious lifestyles of many Americans and destroyed any existing prosperity for the general population eradicating billions in assets overnight and exacerbating the looming problems of lower class instability from years of depression of farm prices after the first world war. In an attempt to reprimand the effects of both the short-term economic and decade-long economic rifts, in 1932, the newly elected Roosevelt administration implemented a series of federal reforms, regulations, and established new agencies in a wave of centralization of government that transformed the function of the federal government of the United
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To begin, government was more involved with business, in addition to a regulated industry in both the New Deal and Progressive Era. The New Deal produced a number of policies and programs that worked to change the life of Americans living in poverty, greatly influenced by the Progressive ideology. For example, in 1941, the Supreme Court overrules current decision from 1916 declaring child labor unconstitutional (http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma01/davis/photography/reform/progressive_era.html). Roosevelt intended to pull families out of poverty by providing men with jobs, while Progressive ideals focussed on protecting women and children in poverty. Although the progressive movement didn’t occur in the heat of depression like the New Deal Era, Roosevelt’s reforms of protecting the impoverished, and bringing back the nation to a healthy unemployment level may have been greatly influenced by Progressive ideals. Additionally, The Progressive movement was seeking exploration of money for new adventures, simultaneously pushing the wealthy class beyond the lower class. These excesses ultimately crashed down upon United States society, leaving the New Deal to bring back prosperity. Roosevelt planned to do so by improving the country, while people were making money, building infrastructure like roads and
To begin, government was more involved with business, in addition to a regulated industry in both the New Deal and Progressive Era. The New Deal produced a number of policies and programs that worked to change the life of Americans living in poverty, greatly influenced by the Progressive ideology. For example, in 1941, the Supreme Court overrules current decision from 1916 declaring child labor unconstitutional (http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma01/davis/photography/reform/progressive_era.html). Roosevelt intended to pull families out of poverty by providing men with jobs, while Progressive ideals focussed on protecting women and children in poverty. Although the progressive movement didn’t occur in the heat of depression like the New Deal Era, Roosevelt’s reforms of protecting the impoverished, and bringing back the nation to a healthy unemployment level may have been greatly influenced by Progressive ideals. Additionally, The Progressive movement was seeking exploration of money for new adventures, simultaneously pushing the wealthy class beyond the lower class. These excesses ultimately crashed down upon United States society, leaving the New Deal to bring back prosperity. Roosevelt planned to do so by improving the country, while people were making money, building infrastructure like roads and