Democratic Party. In his acceptance speech he addressed the problems that we brought on by the Great Depression he told the American people that, He would pledge a new deal for the American people. In the election that took place that year
Franklin Roosevelt won as was elected president. President Roosevelt’s agenda was to try to provide jobs, stabilize the economy, and to aid in relief to those who were suffering.
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Roosevelt asked Congress to end Prohibition—by granting it legal again for Americans to buy beer. Congress endorsed the 21st Amendment and ended Prohibition. He also signed the
Tennessee Valley Authority Act into law allowing the government to build dams along the Tennessee River to control flooding and produce hydroelectric power for the people in that region. Congress later passed a bill that paid farmers who produced dairy products, tobacco, wheat and corn to leave their fields dormant in order to end agricultural surpluses and to also boost prices. The National Industrial
Recovery Act guaranteed that workers would have the right to unionize and bargain for better working conditions and higher wages. The New Deal programs set an authority for the federal government to play a crucial role in the economic as well as the social affairs of the American people. Many of the New Deal programs are still with us today federal agricultural subsidies, Social Security and unemployment insurance. Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal aimed to restore some dignity as well as prosperity to many Americans. More than that, Roosevelt’s New
Deal permanently changed the government’s relationship with the U.S.