12/2/2013 Article 11: How the New Deal Defines the Debate over Obamacare The Affordable Care Act or more notably called‚ Obamacare is considered to be an extension to the New Deal since Medicare and Medicaid. The article took us back to the election of 1932 where Hoover and F.D.R. competed for presidency. A quote stated in this article reiterated Hoover saying‚ this was “more than a contest between two men‚ it was a contest between two philosophies of government.” A change in America was created
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FDR & The Great Depression “No President has ever inherited such a load of problems and responsibilities as Roosevelt‚”(1) In 1930‚ the U.S. was in the depths of the Great Depression. Unemployment rates had risen and homelessness was in the millions. The 1920’s industrialization period was not profitable for everyone; factories produced products that the majority of its workers could not afford due to their wages being so low. Many of the products couldn’t even be sold overseas due to high tariffs
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Monique Pitre Mr. Watson APUSH 9/6/11 DBQ The settlers of New England and the Chesapeake region may have migrated from the same origin‚ but that’s where the similarities end; by the 1700s‚ they differed socially‚ economically‚ and politically. As people began to migrate over to the New World‚ they started to adapt to the regions around them. This being said‚ it only makes sense that the settlers would adapt to the strengths of their geography‚ meaning that regions obviously differed. Socially
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During the late 1920’s‚ life for Americans was about to take a downward spiral. The time period‚ known as the “Roaring Twenties”‚ a period exemplified by consumption and new ideas‚ was beginning to come to a close‚ following a decade characterized by drought‚ decline‚ and devastation‚ affectionately referred to as the “Great Depression”. In 1929‚ the unemployment rate was at 3.2%; by 1933‚ the unemployment rate was at 25%. President Hoover was blamed by many Americans for the Depression‚ whom they
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Hoover’s Plan of Action vs. The New Deal At a time when the United States and Europe were still recovering from the effects of World War I‚ Americans‚ unfortunately‚ were not allowed much of a reprieve from their misery. On October 24‚ 1929‚ the official crash of the stock market on Wall Street occurred. Widespread speculation rather than true investment and buying on margin were major factors in the cause of this day‚ now called “Black Thursday.” Along with the Great Stock Market Crash‚ overproduction
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NEW DEAL The New Deal was a plan made by President Roosevelt to step out of the great economic depression the country was going through. He created a series of programs destined to help the people; these programs were entirely funded by the government‚ which was a new thing. I think it was effective because it did help the country recover even though it didn’t achieve its biggest goal which was to fully recuperate of the great depression. I think the most important legacy the new deal left
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Founder of the New Deal In the 1930’s‚ the United States underwent a time of Depression. During the early 1900’s‚ we had our ups and downs with the economy. The United States suffered with a series of strikes occurring‚ resulting in millions of workers discontinuing their jobs. The Boston Police strike‚ the Steel Mill strike‚ and the Coal Miner’s strike were the three main strikes that had a negative impact on our economy. According to the National Humanities Center‚ these labor strikes "pitted industrial
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the many New Deal legislations owe much to the seeds implanted and unknowingly disseminated by the pre-WWI Progressive movement. Sparked by the new image as a world power‚ industrialization‚ and immigration at the dawn of the new century‚ a new found reform movement gripped the nation. With the new found image of the nation and world as a whole‚ the reforms advanced the position of the previously ignored people of the nation‚ as did its reincarnation and rebirth apparent in the New Deal. Although
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up to seventeen hundred‚ most of the settlers inhabiting the land happened to be of English origin. Although‚ they came from the same whereabouts‚ the two poles of the colonies‚ north and south‚ developed two distinct societies. For example‚ in the New England area the settlers developed an egalitarian‚ unified‚ and organized atmosphere‚ while in the Chesapeake region residents created an aristocratic‚ unloyal‚ and scattered environment. But‚ if they are of the same origin‚ how did they develop such
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east‚ their plans of action to pick their countries up after different defeats do have some similarities. Granted their actions also have drastic differences‚ parallels can also be drawn between the New Deal and the Five Year plan. Franklin Roosevelt was first elected in 1933. He set in place The New Deal‚ which revolutionized social works and programs for the average people of America. With the Alphabet agencies he was able to provide jobs‚ guarantee workers rights and minimum wage. He also controversially
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