workforce in a hole and made the unemployment and poverty rates shoot through the roof. Someone needed to give America their jobs back and Franklin D. Roosevelt had the perfect plan. The New Deal it was called gave the Americans the work and income them and this economy so desperately needed. Although the New Deal was a worry to some because it was thought that the president would have too much control, it was necessary though because the jobs put the economy back into a good holding point, as well…
The total debt after the New Deal had substantially risen and more than doubled. Based on Document 3, the government owed a beginning of $16.9 billion and an end of $44 billion after the New Deal. Hence, the government continued their regular spending without any income tax from jobless citizens, therefore the programs of the New Deal were not efficient and government debt increased. Also, the New Deal often discriminated against minorities. Document 7 described…
The 1930’s showed a dark time for America. Fortunes were lost and lives were ruined. FDR’s New Deal brought unemployment down, but this, while an improvement, was not enough to completely revitalize the American economy. When America entered WWII, companies such as Dupont`s Remington Arms and Twin Cities Arsenal were able to produce billions of rounds of ammunition. This not only helped the war effort, but gave the multitudes of unemployed Americans job opportunities. Due to U.S. government policies…