New Deal Dbq Analysis

For the most part, the FDR administration's New Deal of the 1930s was a continuation of late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century Economic Policy, but in a few small instances, it was a departure from these policies.
The New York Times article from 1894 discusses coxey's Army and the Panic of 1893. Coxey's Army was fighting against President Cleveland's policies. Coxey wanted the government to provide Aid to unemployed Americans. This is exactly what FDR and does during the New Deal. This shows how the new deal was a continuation of previous economic policy (Document A). Any acceptance speech by Al Smith in 1982, the New York Governor proposed a solution to the agricultural problems of the nation. The agricultural Market was having problems because of crop surpluses lowering prices and damaging the economy. L Smith said that the
One is seen in president Hoover's campaign speech from 1928. He explained that limited government intervention should be used to fix the economy. He said that too much government control would threaten Liberty. This is very much showing a departure in FDR's new deal because the New Deal had extreme amounts of government intervention in the economy (Documents C). William Lloyd Garrison Jr’s memo criticizes FDR's New Deal policy. He says that a lot of money was being spent to enact the policies and not much is being fixed by them. He also said that these policies gave the federal government too much power and was almost turning the United States to Communism. He finally attacks the use of Keynesian economics because it is radical and theoretical and therefore not applicable to the real world. This shows of departure from previous beliefs because there is way more government involvement than in the past (Document H). As shown here, there were still a few ways in which the New Deal was a departure from previous economic