New Deal Dbq

The Great Depression is a cloudy era in United States history. Financial, social, and emotional hardships mark the troubled past. The country seemed in ruin by the time the 1932 election occurred. We needed a hero to turn America’s future around. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was that hero; the population overwhelmingly welcomed him into office. Despite a few critics, his efforts listed in the New Deal were appreciated, supported, and praised. The New Deal programs improved the lives of workers, children, minority groups, and other Americans during the Great Depression. The New Deal provided immediate help to those who needed it. For instance, much of the population was in poverty and unemployed; an unimaginable “millions of people were employed

Farmers were not receiving enough profit from selling their crops, so the “AAA had a core to plan to raise crop prices by paying farmers a subsidy to compensate for voluntary cutbacks in production… Between 1932 and 1935, farm income increased by more than 50 percent” (Hardman, 1999). The New Deal programs helped farmers earn more profit in order to support themselves and their farm which in turn affects the entire country. Farmers are the source of food across the United States. When the condition of the economy restricts people from purchasing crops, the farmers do not receive the income they need and their crops are wasted. Consequently, farmers cannot afford to continue growing their crops. The farmland is abandoned once debt catches up to them, and the country is left hungry. This vicious cycle was the downfall of farmers during the Great Depression. With the help of the AAA, farmers had hope for selling crops, receiving profit, and continuing to grow. On top of bolstering up the prices, farmers were assisted in managing their debt through the FSA who “loaned money to tenant farmers (renters) at low interest rates… The loan programs was the main effort of the agency and thousands of tenant farmers were able to stay on the land because of them” (Ganzel, 2003). Farmers were given some help making a living on their land. Some were even able to buy their farm from the financial help provided for them. The pressure of feeding America that falls upon the farmers is enough. To add the stress of paying for the farm and needed tools pushes the living conditions of farmers during the Depression over the edge. Farmers desperately needed this help from the government, and President Roosevelt’s actions made an improvement in the farmers’ lives. The farmers, which the country is so dependent on, are taken care of through the New Deal, and their improvement positively impact the entire rest of the