People could say that Roosevelt spent his money wisely because the organisations he set up all had a positive knock on affects on the environment and unemployment. This is because one of the organisations he set was known as the Public Work Administration. For this organisation the government spent money to build, schools, roads, bridges and airports. The idea of Roosevelt was brilliant because the buildings he had got made would need employees. Therefore this organisation created millions of jobs for the Roosevelt revolution.
He also introduced the civilian conservation corp. This organisation was aimed at young unemployed people. The work this organisation provided was environmental because Roosevelt wanted people to work on environmental issues. This organisation provided jobs and work on the environment.
When Roosevelt was appointed his main aim was to protect people’s savings and their properties. To protect their savings and properties Roosevelt decided to close the banks because, during the depression banks were going bankrupt and with Roosevelt having this knowledge he decided to get all banks closed until they were fully checked by his advisors. If his advisors thought that the bank would go bankrupt then they would decide to keep it shut until it would become financially secure. Within 4 days Roosevelt allowed banks, which were financially secure to open. He also introduced the Emergency Banking Act. This act was introduced because Roosevelt wanted to prevent this disaster from happening again. If Roosevelt did not shut the banks then more banks would have gone bankrupt, this would then have lead to an increase in unemployment. Therefore this was a clever idea from Roosevelt.
He also set the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. This organisation was aimed to improve the long term faced by the farmers. This organisation set quotas to reduce production, so therefore in the near future this would enable the prices of food to go up using the supply and demand theory. This would also cause profits to hit a record a high because, the farmers would now be getting double amount of money that they used to. This organisation was introduced to get the American agriculture industry back on its feet. This is because this organisation aim was to increase farmer’s income which would gradually improved farmer’s profits and therefore this enabled farmers to modernise their technology used in their farming. I.e. (using all resources efficiently to increase optimum output.) This is another organisation, which was set up to accomplish one of Roosevelt’s aims.
Also Roosevelt introduced the Tennessee Valley Authority. This was set up in an area where people were most hit by the depression. The reason for why it was set up here was because this area had a lot of physical problems. As in the wet season the Tennessee River would over flow, which would lead to a flood in that area. Therefore due to this the government decided to build a series of dams on the Tennessee River. This provided electricity for under developed areas using hydroelectric schemes. This also created thousands of jobs in an area, which was badly hit by the depression.
I believe that this feature of the T.V.A was one of the main features of the new deal. I believe this because this feature disposed wastes and it also stopped physical problems, which were produced by the Tennessee River. The Tennessee Valley Authority also provided electricity to the underdeveloped areas. The main positive knock on affect was that this organisation provided thousands of jobs and surely if it created thousands of jobs for the area worst hit with the depression then this organisation was a success.
If we look at the 4 objectives that Roosevelt set out then we will realise that all of these objectives were fulfilled. This is because all the organisations that Roosevelt set up were linked to completing his objectives.
By looking at his first objective of getting Americans back to work. We will realise he tried to accomplish this objective by creating millions of jobs through his organisations.
He completed his second objective of protecting people’s life savings and property. By closing banks, this would therefore ensure people that their life savings and properties would not be lost.
He completed his third objective of providing relief for the sick the old and the unemployed. He done this by spending $ 500 million on an organisation called the Federal Emergency Relief Act. This organisation was set up to help the poor the sick and unemployed, by providing them with soup, blankets and employment schemes.
Roosevelt tried to accomplish his fourth objective of getting American industry and agriculture back on their feet. He completed this aim by introducing the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. This organisation helped get American Agricultural industry back on its feet by setting quotas, which enabled farmers to charge more money for their products. This therefore enabled farmers to improve their facilities, which would then enable the farmers to use their resources more efficiently.
He also set up the Tennessee Valley Authority, which helped American industry to get back on its feet. This is because this valley was made on wasteland and it created electricity for the underdeveloped areas the valley also created millions of Jobs. This is why I think that this valley helped American industry because it supplied electricity to the underdeveloped areas and also this valley disposed the wasteland.
I think that Roosevelt accomplished all of his aims, but I believe he accomplished the first aim the most successfully. This is because all the organisations he set up had a knock on affect on employment. This is why I think Roosevelt completed this aim the most successfully.