The New Deal: How America Got
One of the worst events in American history is the Great Depression. This was a time when practically everyone in the United States was poor and had given up hope. Everyone knew that something had to be done to save the country but nobody knew what. However, in 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt brought hope to the country with his New Deal program after being elected president. This was a program that brought social and economic reform to the country. The New Deal consisted of many different programs that would help bring money to the people which would in return allow for spending which would help build up the economy. This is how the America got out of the Great Depression.The Great Depression began in late 1929 and lasted for about a decade. Many factors played a role in bringing about the depression; however, the main cause for the Great Depression was the combination of the greatly unequal distribution of wealth throughout the 1920's, and the extensive stock market speculation that took place during the later part that same decade. The misdistribution of wealth in the 1920's existed on many levels. Money was distributed disparately between the rich and the middle-class, between industry and agricu
One of the early programs that Roosevelt brought into play was the Civilian Conservation Corps, or CCC. This was a program that helped bring relief to men between the ages of 18 and 25, as they are the ones that would be more likely to turn to a life of crime to survive. Instead, the CCC enrolled men in work camps around the country. There they earned about $30 a month participating in many different conservation projects. Examples are planting trees to stop erosion, creating game, fish, and bird sanctuaries and conserving coal, gas and petroleum deposits. This was one of the most popular programs with over 2 million young men taking part over the decade. However, the NIRA was not a total failure as it opened the door for the National Labor Relations Act as it guaranteed the right of collective bargaining. The National Labor Relations Act helped to define unfair labor practices, gave workers the right to bargain through their choice of unions, and prohibited employers from interfering with union activities. It lastly created the National Labor Relations Board to supervise collective bargaining, administer elections, and ensure workers the right to choose the organization that should represent them in dealing with employers. This was the first time that workers had so much freedom and support from the government. One of the groups that was hit the hardest during the Great Depression were farmers. In 1933 congress passed the Agricultural Adjustment Act or AAA. This was created to provide economic relief to farmers. The main plan was to increase crop process by paying farmers a subsidy to compensate for voluntary cutbacks in production
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