- Life did get better for many Americans in 1930s. How far was Roosevelt responsible for this, or was it due to other factors?
Initially many Americans in 1930s had a better living condition. President Roosevelt’s winning election is one of the key factors that lead to people’s better life condition. But it is primarily that the idea of Roosevelt’s “NEW DEAL” which aimed for relief, recovery and to reform. First to relief the extreme scarcity, feed the ravenous and to stop people from losing their homes. Secondly, to revive the U.S economy by creating more jobs. Thirdly, to make USA a much better place for people bringing in procedures such as unemployment insurance and to assist the sick and people who are disabled. Roosevelt also used the radio and broadcasted what he would be going to do many Americans. So this made Roosevelt to gain trust of many Americans in order to make them grow their confidence with Roosevelt. Franklin D Roosevelt also claimed to rescue the banking system in order to prevent it to corrupt. In addition, he prepared a large sum of government money to relief the disadvantaged. He actually showed his spirit in this New Deal by organization many associations for the needy; this association was commonly called the ‘alphabet agencies’. These associations include Farm Credit Administration (FCA) which made loans to farmers to prevent them to lose their farms. The Agricultural Adjustment Agency (AAA) this is another chief agency, paying the farmers to produce less crops by taking land out of production. So less produce actually meant the prices would increase, it also meant that more and more money were circulated around the country which would recover the economy.
