Dbq New Deal
New Deal DBQ
Using you knowledge AND the documents provided, write a well-reasoned essay on the following prompt:
How did the New Deal of the Great Depression create a lasting impact on the role of government in business and the lives o the American people?
Document 1
Source: America 1900-1999: Letters of the Century, Grunwald, Lisa and Adler, Stephen.
Troy, NY Jan. 2, 1935
Dear Mrs. Roosevelt,
About a month ago I wrote you asking if you would buy some baby clothes for me with the understanding that I was to repay you as soon as my husband got a enough work. Several weeks later, I received a reply to apply to a Welfare Association so I might receive the aid I needed. Do you remember?
Please Mrs. Roosevelt, I do not want charity, only a chance from someone who will trust me until we can get enough money to repay the amount spent for the things I need. As a proof that I really am sincere, I am sending you 2 of my dearest possessions to keep as security, a ring my husband gave me before we were married, and a ring my mother used to wear. Perhaps the actual value of them is not high, but they are worth a lot to me. If you would consider buying the baby clothes, please keep them (rings) until I send you the money you spent. It is very hard to face bearing a baby we cannot afford to have, and the fact that it is due to arrive soon, and still there is no money for the hospital or clothing, does not make it any easier. I have decided to stay home, keeping my seven year old daughter from school to help with smaller children when my husband has work. The oldest girl is sick now, and has never been strong, so I would not depend on her. The seven year old is a good willing little worker and somehow we must manage-but without charity.
If you still feel you cannot trust me, it is all right and I can only say I do not blame you, but if you decide my word id worth anything with so small a security, here is a list of
Using you knowledge AND the documents provided, write a well-reasoned essay on the following prompt:
How did the New Deal of the Great Depression create a lasting impact on the role of government in business and the lives o the American people?
Document 1
Source: America 1900-1999: Letters of the Century, Grunwald, Lisa and Adler, Stephen.
Troy, NY Jan. 2, 1935
Dear Mrs. Roosevelt,
About a month ago I wrote you asking if you would buy some baby clothes for me with the understanding that I was to repay you as soon as my husband got a enough work. Several weeks later, I received a reply to apply to a Welfare Association so I might receive the aid I needed. Do you remember?
Please Mrs. Roosevelt, I do not want charity, only a chance from someone who will trust me until we can get enough money to repay the amount spent for the things I need. As a proof that I really am sincere, I am sending you 2 of my dearest possessions to keep as security, a ring my husband gave me before we were married, and a ring my mother used to wear. Perhaps the actual value of them is not high, but they are worth a lot to me. If you would consider buying the baby clothes, please keep them (rings) until I send you the money you spent. It is very hard to face bearing a baby we cannot afford to have, and the fact that it is due to arrive soon, and still there is no money for the hospital or clothing, does not make it any easier. I have decided to stay home, keeping my seven year old daughter from school to help with smaller children when my husband has work. The oldest girl is sick now, and has never been strong, so I would not depend on her. The seven year old is a good willing little worker and somehow we must manage-but without charity.
If you still feel you cannot trust me, it is all right and I can only say I do not blame you, but if you decide my word id worth anything with so small a security, here is a list of