How Did The New Deal Affect The Great Depression

In 1932 when Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected into office, a group of university scholars, liberal theorists, and himself fought for an answer to help the people of the United States through the Great Depression. Within the first 100 days of Mr. Roosevelt’s presidency, bills to relieve poverty, minimize unemployment, and promote economic recovery were already being passed. Though the acts did not help, the Great Depression lasted nearly another seven years afterwards. While some were worried about the wellbeing of the economy, others were worried about the wellbeing and mental health of the people. Both the physical and mental effects the Great Depression had on the public forced them to make many difficult and jurassic changes in their
As it says in “The New Deal” by PBS, during Roosevelt's presidency his first act was to declare a four-day holiday. While the holiday was happening, Congress drafted the Emergency Banking Bill of 1933. The bill’s purpose was to steady the banking system by putting the federal government behind it. The bill also recovered the public’s faith in the banking industry. Roosevelt also had more plans to get the country out of poverty. Three months after the Emergency Banking Bill of 1933 was passed the Glass-Steagall Act, which created federally insuring deposits, was also passed. Both these acts did help the banks of the United States. But the President also attempted helping the people directly, one of The New Deal’s most rewarding programs was the Civil Conservation Corps. Dealing with the problem of unemployment, the program sent three million single men from ages 17-23 to work in the nation’s forests. All them were paid $30 dollars a month, unfortunately two-thirds of the workers were sent home. The workings of President Roosevelt did not relieve the Depression, but they did help the American people by taking care of their basic needs and giving them the idea of
In the poem ,“Debts” written by Karen Hesse, she explains some of the thoughts of a farmer during the Depression. The poem says, “He takes that red face of his out to the barn/ To keep from feuding from pregnant ma/ I ask ma/How, after all this time/ Daddy still believes in rain” While it hasn’t rained in three years many people still chose to hold on to the hope that things will get better. They also had to have something to do during the spare time they had. By keeping busy it also kept most from thinking about the poor living conditions, and gave a sense hope that things would get better. In Robert Hasting’s article, he says many children would watch a parachute jump, watch a free ball game, or even a free band concert. “Whatever was free was our recreation,” as he says. The government also gave the people hope. The Federal Emergency Relief Admission gave $3 billion to states to work for relief programs to try to boost the