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New Deal DBQ Essay Outline
New Deal DBQ Essay Outline
Roosevelt's
administration to the problems of the Great Depression.
How effective were there responses? How did they change
the role of the federal government?
Introduction
The 1929 stock-market crash and the ensuing Great
Depression exposed major weaknesses in the U.S. and world
economies. These ranged from chronically low farm prices and
uneven income distribution to trade barriers, a surplus of
consumer goods, and a constricted money supply. As the crisis
deepened, President Hoover struggled to respond. In 1932,
with Hoover's reputation in tatters, FDR and his promised
"New Deal" brought a surge of hope.Although FDR's New Deal
did not end the Great Depression it eased the people's
suffering and reformed many of the problems that contributed
to the depression by providing relief, recovery, and reform
while fundamentally changing the role of the federal
government towards the people.
Bucket 1 Relief
Bank Holiday/Emergency Banking Relief Act- Closed all banks;
government then investigated banks and only those that were
solvent ones were allowed to reopen
Bucket 2 Recovery
AAA- Paid farmers to reduce the amount of crops they planted,
in order to cut excess production
Bucket 3 Reform
FDIC- Protected people's bank deposits, thus eliminating the
problem of "bank runs" that were a serious problem in the
early 1930's.