GCSE History Coursework Model A2- The United States 1919-1941- Roosevelt and the new deal

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Nathan Dobson 10N

Coursework-Model A2: The united states 1919-1941

                  Roosevelt and the new deal

In this piece of Coursework I will be looking at Roosevelt and the new deal and answering three questions about different aspects of the new deal, I will be using an array of Sources to back up my views and I will hope to show that Roosevelt did or did not help the American People with his new deal.

  1. What are the Strengths and weaknesses of source A as an interpretation of the role of Roosevelt in the new deal?

First of all, interpretation is an explanation given by somebody about something that happened. For example in court somebody will give their views about what happened and somebody else will give their views. These ‘views’ are interpretations. They will also give evidence backing up their interpretation.

Source A shows that Franklin Roosevelt was a man who cared, not just for himself but for the people of the United States. The source also shows that just his figure and personality alone gave American people confidence and restored their faith in democracy. Personally I trust this source as it is from the historian James T Patterson who has wrote a lot of good quality textbooks, including America in the twentieth century. From my own knowledge I understand that that Roosevelt had a goal of giving relief to the unemployed and also promoting recovery of the economy during the great depression. Secondly Roosevelt was shown to be a man that was liked by the American public, this is because of the amount of mail the white house received and also the amount Roosevelt replied to. This proves that Roosevelt was appreciated in the United States.

  1. Sources E and F are both sets of statistics

Which of these sources is the most useful to an historian studying the impact of the new deal on the USA?

  

     Source E shows unemployment in the United states was rising very quickly             after the wall street crash happened in the 1929. The percentage went from 3.2% in 1929 to a staggering 24.9% in the 1933, The year Roosevelt came to power. After Roosevelt came to power, the unemployment percentage dropped, this shows the effect that Roosevelt and the new deal has on the united state. Not only did Roosevelt help people with getting jobs he also improved morale so that people felt better about working.

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Source F is shown to be a joke against Roosevelt and the new deal, which was by an American company saying that the president is not doing much work and they are getting fed up of doing all the work. This leaflet was circulated around 1936, and its aim was to get the president to do more work and also get the American public to also get back into working and overall help the economy and the percentage of unemployed people in the United States. This source is shown to be by an American company that doesn’t think Roosevelt ...

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