The following sources discuss how America resisted to the Great Depression and the effectiveness of the government’s strategy for combating this phenomenon.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, “Outlining the New Deal Program”, 24th May 1933, USA This fireside chat is one of a series of radio broadcasts made by FDR to the nation in crisis and herewith is relevant to the investigation, as the key person explains the conditions in the USA during the Great Depression …show more content…
Alan Brinkley was a Professor of American History at Columbia University and had been specialised in the history of twentieth-century America. The ultimate purpose of this document is to evaluate the extent of the New Deal’s soundness on coping with the Great Depression and take a lesson for the Great Recession. As the author lives in a period of time, in which the USA experiences the “worst economic crisis since the 1930s”, it’s significant to refer back to this event and exhaustively analyse it. The target audience of this essay is the general public interested in history. This text is valuable as it highlights the lucrative, as well as the deficient sides of the program. It is also worth to consider, as the essay was written a long time after the recession, making it available to a wide range of sources. The provenance, revising the previous interpretations of the events, is thoroughly researched, includes the cause and effect of the depression, as well as the hindsight. However, the source does have some limitations such as it is only one person’s opinion, which could lead to mistruths, omissions, justifications for actions and undue emphasis placed on certain events. Therefore, it needs to be cross-referenced with other …show more content…
The first time in the American history, as a result of this program older Americans got pensions and hitherto that law remains with some. Its effect in the American future is. Wagner Act.
Conclusion
The measures enacted by the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt mitigated the overall effects of the Great Depression by
Even though FDR had a good intention, we should evaluate the actions he took according to their actual consequences. He failed to invest in the middle class and devastating taxes impoverished people even more.
According to some historians, that was not President Roosevelt’s New Deal that ended the Depression, but World War 2.
The echo of that event (2008 economic crisis); depreciation, anticipate (Hoover), resolute nation,
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