New Deal Dbq

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During 1929 the Wall Street Crash signaled the start of the Great Depression. Many people lost their faith and confidence in America as everyone fell into serious economic depression. The Great Depression was a nationwide economic downturn. To solve the economic problems created by the depression, President Roosevelt made a New Deal. The purpose of this New Deal was to ease Americans from their economic hardships and restore their faith in America. Although President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal did not end The Great Depression, it was a success in re-establishing public confidence and creating new programs that conveyed to help many Americans; Americans were helped by the New Deal because it reduced unemployment, financial successes in banks, and provided aid to the poor. …show more content…

FDR’s plan was to get people working to help cope with the depression. He believed if the government created more jobs, this would give the people more money to spend, this would result in a greater demand for goods. Thus, more factories would open to supply this demand and this would produce more jobs. FDR’s New Deal included many programs to support the end of unemployment. These programs were set up to provide many types of jobs, for example, one of the programs set up was called The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) which allowed mostly men to work on projects that helped the public, such as planting trees and improving national parks. Another program which provided jobs was the Works Program Administration (WPA) which was established to make projects jobs, such as public buildings. Although the New Deal did not end employment, it caused temporary relief for millions of Americans, which was a great

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