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How "revolutionary" was the New Deal? Evaluate the significant changes that it wrought and determine how different the nation became because of it.
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ReplyDeleteThe New Deal was revolutionary for the United States in that it dramatically increased the role of the government in business and in the lives of the people. Although it was also severely criticized from both party extremes, I believe the New Deal did prove revolutionary when comparing its effects to the previous post war economic slump, the Great Depression, and Hebert Hoover’s do-nothing presidency. The fact that Roosevelt took an active stance against change was in and of itself a huge boost to the public, and the economy at 1939 was near its best since before the Depression.
ReplyDeleteThe “revolutionary” nature of the New Deal showed greater results in the regulation of business rather than improving unemployment, although great stances were taken at tackling both. Roosevelt’s first act, the Hundred Days, was the beginning of a series of reforms in which Roosevelt wished to: Relieve those suffering from the Depression, help Recover the destroyed economy, and begin to Reform and prevent crises like this in the future; the three R’s. In business this took the form of the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA), which ordered competing businesses to set standard prices and levels of production, as well as allowing funds for public works projects.
In his combat against unemployment he created many agencies, such as the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), the Works Progress Administration (WPA), and the National Youth Administration (NYA) among others. These agencies helped fill jobs with the creation of public works and conservation projects funded by the NIRA, as well as helping students to find jobs in educational settings. For the first time since before the Depression, those previously excluded by political barriers from the Depression were now included and looked upon.
The New Deal, while not immediately replenishing the United States’ former economic bliss, did propel the country into a much greater state of success. In the period from 1933, the heart of the Depression and the beginning of Roosevelt’s term, to 1939, the United States exhibited dramatic change; in the country’s Gross National Product (an increase of 60%), private investment in industry (up 500%), and the amount of consumer goods purchased (40%). Unemployment also decreased from 15 million to 9.2 million. As Roosevelt’s term directly corresponds with this period, I think the New Deal had much to do with this change, and can be seen as very revolutionary.
The New Deal was somewhat revolutionary. For the first time in history government intervened to help the people. Before FDR, specifically during the Hoover era, people were expected to fend for themselves. During the New Deal we can see how strong and central our government is capable of being. We are able to see that in times of need our government can come together in order to work for a common cause. The New Deal formed several agencies, creating “alphabet soup”, in order to help people survive the depression. For example Social Security was created. This program still helps millions of people and brought on great changes. Finally the government had dropped laissez faire and was helping the people
ReplyDeleteDespite these changes the New Deal did not end the depression. Unemployment went from an incredible 25% to a still high 15%. The New Deal also cost billions of dollars, causing our country to sink further into debt, which wasn’t so revolutionary.
-Jordan Tabor
The New Deal was somewhat revolutionary. For the first time in history government intervened to help the people. Before FDR, specifically during the Hoover era, people were expected to fend for themselves. During the New Deal we can see how strong and central our government is capable of being. We are able to see that in times of need our government can come together in order to work for a common cause. The New Deal formed several agencies, creating “alphabet soup”, in order to help people survive the depression. For example Social Security was created. This program still helps millions of people and brought on great changes. Finally the government had dropped laissez faire and was helping the people
ReplyDeleteDespite these changes the New Deal did not end the depression. Unemployment went from an incredible 25% to a still high 15%. The New Deal also cost billions of dollars, causing our country to sink further into debt, which wasn’t so revolutionary.
-Jordan Tabor
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ReplyDeleteFranklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal was revolutionary because of the large amount of legislation passed during the Great Depression. This led to an increased role of government in business and people's lives and contrasted greatly with Harding's Lassaiz Faire policy.
ReplyDeleteThe New Deal offered relief, recovery, and reform. In the Hundred Days a large amount of legislation was passed to provide the three R's. The Emergency Banking Act passed allowed government officials to evaluate banks and people began to regain confidence in the financial system. The Civilian Conservation Corps helped unemployment in America and paid unemployed people to work on various conservation projects. The Hundred Days also helped Agriculture and Industry by giving farmers a subsidy to grow fewer crops (AAA) and advocating industries to work together to set prices and levels of production (NIRA).
While there was criticism of the New Deal for either going too far and being anti-business and there was opposition from the largely republican courts, FDR's New Deal was revolutionary for the amount of legislation passed, its effectiveness in helping Americans, and its role of increasing government intervention in American peoples' lives.
FDR's New Deal was "revolutionary" in the sense it brought about government intervention of the economy that has never before been seen. Roosevelt was clearly seen as a strong leader to the American people, such much so, that congress decided to give him a "blank check" to fix the economy. This would give him near infinite control of what comes to pass as reforms in the US. Thought some would criticize this sudden power surge, if people are desperate enough, they'll do anything. Roosevelt's adminstration employed the "alphabet soup" agencies to aid his cause, such as the WPA that provided projects so that people could be hired for jobs and the SSA that, for the first time provided social security.
ReplyDeleteHowever, the downside was, billions of dollars were spent on this new reform plan. Though it did help some, it did not stop the killer debt that the US had. Some would say this would put America from the depression to the Great Depression.
Under Franklin D. Roosevelt, the New Deal was very revolutionary. In order to get out of the Great Depression, the American government, as well as its people and economy, were changed.
ReplyDeleteDuring FDR’s “Hundred Day Congress”, bills after bills were passed to provide the nation with relief, recovery, and reform.
Economically, one of the most drastic changes was the banking system. The Emergency Banking Relief Act was passed, allowing the government to regulate transactions. It also closed down some banks and reopened others that were financially secure. Alongside it, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation was set up, where deposit up to $5,000 was insured, allowing Americans to feel safe to invest money in banks again.
Socially, The SSA set up an old age pension scheme where workers had to pay into the federal pension fund. The New Deal also encompassed reform in labor. The NRA set the maximum working hours and minimum wages, as well as banned child labor. The Fair Labor Standard Act required employers to listen to labor unions and made it illegal for them to prohibit their employees from joining labor unions.
There wasn’t much political reform during this period as members of different parties were able to set aside their differences and work together to achieve a common goal—to save US from the Great Depression. In a way, this too was revolutionary.
I feel that FDR's New Deal was very revolutionary because it seems that for the first time the Government was actually working for the people. And trying to help the common man. Many of these programs helped citizens that were poor or did not have the means to care for themselves. For example the SSA which was set up to help senior citizens that didn't have anyone to care for them. this program would give them money every few weeks to maintain some type of financial security. I think that even though the New Deal did cost the US tons of money it really helped the common man and started some programs that are still in use today.
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The New Deal was a series of economic movements to stimulate the economy and assist the people during the great depression.FDR based the deal on the three R’s which are relief, recovery and reform. He wanted relief for the unemployed and poor, recovery of the economy and to reform the financial system to prevent another Great Depression. Many new programs were started to revitalize the economy. The New Deal was very revolutionary in which it started over thirty new programs.
ReplyDeleteThe Securities and Exchange Act (SEC) regulated the stock market. Congress also gave the Federal Reserve Board the power to regulate the purchase of stock on margin. Another program was the Works Progress Administration (WPA) it provided work for 8 million Americans. The WPA constructed or repaired schools, hospitals and airfields thus decreasing unemployment. The Social Security Act (SSA) established a system that provided old-age pensions for workers. It accomplished this through tax payer’s money. Finally the Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC) helped people keep their houses by refinancing mortgages of middle-income home owners. In the end there were several programs that helped the economy and people of the 30s. However these programs did not end the great depression, instead WWII would accomplish this but that’s a future blog post.
FDR's view and take on the government's involvement with businesses was revolutionary because it was quite the opposite of those who came before him, such as Harding's Lassaiz Faire policy. FDR passed many legislations and allowed the government to play a more prominent role from big businesses to the average citizen's everyday life.
ReplyDeleteThe Three R's and the New Deal boosted the nation's economy to heal and prosper more than ever since the Great Depression. FDR created a great number of new agencies such as the HOLC, NYA, and WPA etc (collectively called the alphabet soup) that helped students as well as the unemployed to find jobs and offer them a source of income, and even helped with their house mortgage refinances.
The New Deal was revolutionary because it passed an extrodinary amount of legislations that helped the businesses as well as the lower class citizens, and underlined the importance of the government's role and aid in the American households.
The New Deal that Franklin Roosevelt came up with was very revolutionary for America. America during the 1930s was a time of hardships. The Great Depression left millions unemployed and left banks untrustworthy. With the New Deal though, times of hardships began to change. During the first hundred days of Roosevelts presidency, he immidiately set his plan to work. His plan was Relief first, then Recovery, and finally reform.
ReplyDeleteThe banks of America weren't very trusting becuase of the Great Depression. TO counter this, FDR initiated his Glass-Steagall Banking Reform Act. This basically allowed the FDIC to insure deposits to the bank up to 5000 dollars. This would later slowly regain the trusts of banks.
FDR also helped out people who were struggling. Since their were millions of unemployed during the Depression, FDR created the CCC, the Civilian Conservation Corps. This provided employment for about 3 million young men. FDR also helped out the Farmers too. The AAA tried its best to help pay for farmers' mortgage.
The New Deal under FDR also created new roles for women. There were more women writers, and there were now seats open for women in government roles.
FDR also created the SEC to monitor stockmarkets and to make sure stock markets were to be used as markets rather than casinos.
Overall, the New Deal helped get America out of the Great Depression, and also changed many things in our society. People no longer use gold to buy stuff now, and our now leanings towards paper money. Women have also found newer and more significant roles in our society. Also, the Stockmarket system has changed because of FDR.
The time of the New Deal was a highly revolutionary period. Much of FDR's legislation was both unprecedented and had lasting effects. The New Deal made revolutionary changes which permanently transformed the country.
ReplyDeleteFDR's New Deal legislation reflected a policy of stronger government regulation. This policy was a break from traditional laissez-faire economics. It was not completely revolutionary; government regulation had also been strengthened during the Progressive era. However, New Deal legislation provided for stronger regulation than ever before. The Agricultural Adjustment Act or AAA subsidized farmers to grow fewer crops, regulating agriculture and counteracting the sharp inflation of crops. The National Industrial Recovery Act or NIRA provided for government regulation in price control among similar industries. FDR also began regulation of banking with the Emergency Banking Act and the Glass-Steagall Act which allowed federal evaluation of banks and insured deposits. New Deal regulation of agriculture, industry and Wall Street were a revolutionary break from traditional laissez-faire American policy.
FDR's legislation was not only revolutionary, but it brought about effective and lasting changes in the American economy. His legislation brought about a dramatic immediate change; it was effective in combating the Great Depression; it helped curb inflation, create jobs, and stabilize the stock market and the banking industry. The immediate changes were dramatic, and although some of FDR's alphabet soup organizations did not outlast WWII, many did. Even organizations such as the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Administration which were cut during World War II had lasting effects because they bolstered the economy and left a legacy of great projects such as the slave narratives collected by the Federal Writers' Project. Furthermore, many New Deal ideas did outlast WWII and continue to shape our country today, such as Social Security, federal insurance of bank deposits, regulation of the stock market, and federal regulation and inspection of foods, drugs, and cosmetics.
The New Deal implemented by FDR was certainly revolutionary in the simplest sense of the word; it brought about great change in our country during a time when we desperately needed it. Never before had the federal government been allowed to control the economic state of the nation with such authority. Desperation was the main reason behind the American people’s placement of so much trust in FDR’s vision. Revolutions, by their change-bringing nature, are typically met with strong opposition from other people. This bestowment of political control was met with a fair amount of criticism from the media and from the general public, but again, the overriding emotion associated with the time period was desperation and a willingness to try anything to escape the poverty-stricken lifestyles that copious amounts of Americans endured in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
ReplyDeleteThe New Deal set a new standard for the doctrine of progressivism in the United States. The programs started under FDR’s reign, such as the WPA and the NRA, were new and departmentalized aspects of the government and economy in ways that had not been seen before.
The New Deal was revolutionary in that no President or Congress changed the country's policies so drastically in such a short amount of time. Congress and this time was called the "Hundred Days Congress" because of all the new legislations they passed in their first one hundred days. The New Deal sought to offset unemployment while benefiting the country. For example, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) was created in order to set a standard for the cost of electricity by building over twenty dams in the Tennessee Valley region. This would give electricity companies a yardstick so that they couldn't over charge and it also gave many unemployed men jobs.
ReplyDeleteThe nation became different because of these programs because the economy was slowly being revitalized. Some programs also protected banking in ways that it had not been protected before, ensuring that, if another recession came, people would not lose all of their life savings. Social Security was also formed, reassuring citizens that they would be entitled to funds after they retired. The New Deal also slowly brought back economic prosperity to the United States towards the end of the 1930s.
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ReplyDeleteThe New Deal was both revolutionary and significant to the time period. Both the WPA and the CCC provided jobs for those desperately in need of them, and the FDIC provided insurance for bank deposits.
The WPA and the CCC were a godsend. The WPA (Work Progress Administration) set up enviiromental project for the jobless to complete. Laborers were allowed to live at home while they worked and briong the wages back to their families to feed them. The CCC (Civilian Conservation Corp) was not unlike the WPA, but it did require that the laborers live in an army style camp. The CCC worked on the Tennessee Valley river dam, which provided cheap electric power to the valley, as well as the jobs. The Tennessee river valley became one of the most prosperous places in America during the depression.
The FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) insured people's bank deposits, which was a huge step. The FDIC insured that if a bank got robbed or went under, half the money you had in it got refunded. The cause of the depression was that the stock market crashed. The bank's had all their money invested in the market, so when people went to withdraw their savings', the banks didn't have enough money to give it to them. The bank's went under, and everyone's money went with them. The FDIC made sure this didn't happen anymore.
The New Deal was a revolutionary idea that put America on its way to healing from the depression. Even World War Two may not have made it over the last hump without the help of the Neaw Deal.
The new deal was fairly revolutionary. Franklin D. Roosevelt brought a new mindset to the presidency which was needed to escape from the Great Depression. His new laws and methods of using the banking system lead the New Deal to revolutionize not only the government, but the people as well.
ReplyDeleteNew laws created by FDR's government made new programs. His Civil Works Administration, although idealized before, revolutionized government-paid jobs. It added to fund an arts program, which allowed literary works to become strong during this time period. The strength of the arts program helped many authors gain prominence. Newly created jobs working on America's parks, roads, and bridges gave millions work as well. The various laws enacted during the New Deal Era were revolutionary, as their main focus was not only reform, as in previous movements, but recovery and relief as well.
FDR's management of the banking system experienced drastic reform. He extended government powers into many areas that were formerly "lassiez-faire" areas of commerce. FDR completely shut down the U.S. banking system. When he reopened it after the Emergency Banking Relief Act was enacted, he now had the ability to regulate banking transactions and foreign exchange. He also extended government-based insurance in the banking system, insuring deposits of up to $5,000 through the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). This new management of banks increased government power, but it also helped U.S. citizens feel better about starting to invest their money in banks again.
The New Deal government revolutionized the mindset behind and the usage of government. Through measures for relief and reform, FDR created revolutionary laws and methods of using the banking system.
I agree that FDR’s New Deal did bring about a great change, but not a revolution. A revolution is defined as a sudden, radical change which did not occur as Roosevelt’s New Deal was more of a continuation and alteration of ideas and desires of the past.
ReplyDeleteFDR’s New Deal policies created changes in labor in the USA, but throughout the late 1800’s and early 1900’s there was already a strong push to reform labor. FDR’s changes to labor were just legalized versions of ideas fought for buy the progressives. The creation of the NRA which included rules about maximum work hours, minimum wage and regulations on child labor was just a continuation of the ideas seen in the Keating-Owen Child Labor Act of 1916 and the desires of progressive reformers. FDR’s policies concerning labor were old ideas expressed in a different way.
Furthermore, FDR’s 3 R’s, relief, recovery and reform were only stronger forms of prior actions seen during Hoover’s presidency. FDR and Hoover applied similar policies during their presidencies, but FDR used more money in his policies which was the reason for there success. During Hoover’s presidency the federal budget was expanded which can be seen in FDR’s later WPA. Also Hoover gave money to states by loans through the RFC which is also what FDR did with the creation of FERA. The establishment of the SSA during FDR’s presidency was also an extension of principles seen in the progressive movement and Hoover’s administration. Lastly, FDR’s National Housing Act was a federally funded organization that contained the progressive’s ideas of building codes and better sanitation. FDR’s 3 R’s through his New Deal can be seen as continuations of past ideas.
During FDR’s terms his administration applied many new changes to government, but did not revolutionize the government. His policies were mostly continuations of old ideas and desires that can be seen in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s.
The New Deal was revolutionary in the sense that it actually brought changes to American society. The FDR administration transformed the way the U.S. economy was organized and affected the lifestyle of Americans. The U.S. government loved the laissez faire approach to handling businesses, but FDR realized that clearly wasn’t working so he tightened the reins industries and big business. This had never been done properly before so this alone made a huge impact on the way our economy was organized. The government also set up tons of agencies to help monitor and improve different aspects of society. Different industries had stricter regulations, taxes were changed, agencies even helped Americans become (or stay) homeowners by helping with mortgages and financing. The New Deal was revolutionary because, while all the ideas put in place had been tossed around before, they were actually installed during the New Deal period.
ReplyDeleteThe New Deal was revolutionary because unlike many things before it, it actually changed things. FDR brought forth many changes that actually helped save our economy. One of the best things it did was establish social security. Although it wasn't and 100% retirement plan it forced americans to save money for later which they probably would not have done before. It gave americans much needed money later in their lives. It also set up the FDIC which insured peoples bank accounts and led to people feeling a lot safer about their money. Before people could easily lose their money if there was a bank run but now there was a lot more security and it was better economically. Mainly it created a lot of organizations that regulated businesses and made sure that americans always had jobs. Basically it was so revolutionary because many of the things it did helped pull us out of the depression and many of the things like the FDIC and social security are still around today.
ReplyDeleteThe New Deal heavily impacted our country from what it was orginally was before. It was revolutionary for America, because of how it brought many changes in the American life and brought more options for Americans to live their life how they wanted to. FDR's New Deal was very successul by having FDR set out three and very simple goals which were his three R's- relief, recovery, and reform. With these three R's, it helped carry out FDR's New Deal for the American citizens. With Recovery, FDR passed the Emergency Banking Relief Act on March 9, 1933, which invested the president with the power to regulate banking transactions and foreign exchange and to reopen banks. The banking system improvement alot for American's stake of living in normal lifestyles. Now with Relief, FDR established the Civil Works Administration (CWA) to help with provivding jobs during the winter emergency. And last with Reform, FDR esteablished the Social Security Act of 1935, which was to provide social security for the old people, handicapped people, and other dependents. FDR's New Deal was heavily impacted on the American politics. It just set up a revoultionary movement for politics to become where finally Americans can finally be satisfy with the government's decisions for the country.
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