Cora E. Parks
January 16 2013
The New Deal was a series of programs created by the 32nd President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, during a time of economic depression to help the poor and destitute people of the nation by creating jobs, providing economic recovery, helping restore damaged areas in the U.S., and much more.
In 1932, when the American public voted President Herbert Hoover out of office, they were searching for an end to the economic troubles and high unemployment rates that had smothered the nation U.S. for two years. [ (Civilian Conservation Corps CCC) ] They turned to Franklin D. Roosevelt, a man who promised better life than the one many people were now living. When FDR took office he immediately commenced revitalization of the nation’s economy. [ (Civilian Conservation Corps CCC) ] In response to the depression that hung over the nation in the early 1930s, President Roosevelt created many programs designed to put Americans back to work. [ (Civilian Conservation Corps CCC) ] These programs would eventually be known as the New Deal. President Roosevelt was determined to preserve the pride of American workers in their ability to earn a living, so he concentrated on creating jobs. [ (Civilian Conservation Corps CCC) ] In his first 100 days in office, President Roosevelt approved several Acts and Programs as parts of his New Deal, including the Emergency Conservation Work Act (ECW), better known as the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). [ (Civilian Conservation Corps CCC) ] Also he created the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA), the Civil Works Administration (CWA), the Federal Emergency Relief Act (FERA), the Wagner Act (NLRB), the National Industrial Recovery Act (NRA), the Works Project Administration (WPA), and many more.
One of the many programs President Roosevelt created as part of his New Deal to help people who had been affected by the Great Depression was the Civilian