The New Deal

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‘The New Deal brought only a partial economic recovery and did not make life better for all Americans’ How far do you agree with this statement.

I do agree with this statement as although the New Deal’s main aims were the recovery of the economy through the getting of agriculture and industry back up on their feet and through reducing unemployment and also the relief of the poor people who were hit hard by the depression, continual injections of billions of dollars of government money were needed to keep schemes working and the economy stable until the Second world war started in 1939 when demand for American goods and produce increased and the economy was lifted out of depression. Although it relieved the situation of poverty and saved people from losing their homes, the employment offered was often only short term and it did nothing to help blacks, ethnic minorities and there was little improvement to the rights and status of women.

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The New Deal relieved the suffering of millions of Americans by the use of Government funded relief to prevent homelessness and starvation. It did this through the FERA where $500 million was given to homeless, penniless and starving Americans. The HOLC loaned money to over 1 million people to prevent them losing their homes and the FCA prevented 1/5th of farmers to prevent them losing their farms. However these schemes were not sustainable as taxpayer money had to be continually pumped in and they couldn’t help everybody.

The New Deal extended the rights of workers and established Trade Unions ...

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