Thursday, March 4, 2010

New Deal - due by March 14

Which of Roosevelt's measures were most effective in fighting the depression? Why?

15 comments:

Hannah Elizabeth said...

I think that president Roosevelt's greatest measure was a combination of all of the acts he tried to pass. Such as the NDIC and SEC and the CCC. All these acts allowed the people to find work and helped to build back up our economy. it was important because it helped better the economy of our nation. It helped to stimulate money back into our economy and to ensure banks with money in order to keep another crash from happening again. It also helped to keep people's minds off the depression and the state that our mation had been in.

Miss Black Sheep said...

i believe that the FDIC, TVA, and the AAA were the most effective acts. i think the FDIC was was effective because it gave people more faith n the banks that they would be able to pull there money out if they needed to. this helped move the money in the economy around and help people make money and earn intrest on it. the AAA helped support farmers and help them pay their morgage and. the TVA was also effective short term and long term because it gave people not only electricity but it also gave people jobs and in the long run kept the jobs there.

Mandy said...

I think Roosevelt put alot of things in place that greatly helped the american people during the depression. I agree with Hannah and whoever blacksheep is that the acts he passed were obviously the most helpful. I think the FDIC was the most beneficial in that it gave people confidence in their banking system once again. They didn't have to worry about putting all their money in a supposedly safe place only to have it taken away when the stock market crashed again.
I also think that the AAA was really helpful. It pulled the rural areas, like crittenden, back out of their rut. The farmers were hit hard by the depression and had a harder time getting back on their feet. It's a good thing that Roosevelt saw this and gave them that extra boost they needed.

Cathy said...

While all of Roosevelt's New Deal programs were beneficial to someone, the FDIC, WPA, and SEC were the most important to the general public.
The FDIC game people the peace of mind to use banks again, which in turn stimulated the economy.
The WPA gave jobs to the unemployed. Once those people had a regualar income again, they were able to buy items which in turn helped the businesses which came back to creating more jobs.
The SEC regulated the stock market so that a crash would be less likely to occur in the future.

brittany said...

Teddy Roosevelt a great American President was remembered for getting americans out of the great depresseion. Roosevelt believed in the three R's Relief Reform and Recovery. He wanted insurance for the unemployed and the ederly, he wanted child labor laws, but most of all he wanted american citizens to have trust in the stock markets and banks again. So Roosevelt created the FDIC which ensured people of $5000 if the bank was to go under. He also created the SEC which monitored the stock market. If he saw that too many people were drawing out their stock it would automatically shut down. The reform programs were most effective in getting us out of depression because the people could put their trust back into the government.

brittany said...

Teddy Roosevelt a great American President was remembered for getting americans out of the great depresseion. Roosevelt believed in the three R's Relief Reform and Recovery. He wanted insurance for the unemployed and the ederly, he wanted child labor laws, but most of all he wanted american citizens to have trust in the stock markets and banks again. So Roosevelt created the FDIC which ensured people of $5000 if the bank was to go under. He also created the SEC which monitored the stock market. If he saw that too many people were drawing out their stock it would automatically shut down. The reform programs were most effective in getting us out of depression because the people could put their trust back into the government.

Stephanie said...

Out of all the measures that Roosevelt had taken to get America out of the depression, creating the FDIC and WPA were the most effective. When the FDIC was created the banks were more regulated than before and this let people trust the banks more than what they had before and not be afraid that their money would be lost. We still have the FDIC today, so for this to still be around it has done its job well. And the WPA helped getjobs for those who had lost theirs during the depression. With more people getting jobs and putting their money into regulated banks, the depression became something of the past and made America move forward.

Veronica Tielynn ;-) said...

I think the REA and the FDIC were two of the most effective measures taken by roosevelt to fight the depression.
The Rural Electification Association helped the farmers, who were the ones who had been in the depression the longest. It also helped fight the fooding in this area and bring power to the rural areas in order to make the farms more effective and efficient.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Coorporation was also very effective becaue it allowed people to trust the baks again. This stimulated the economy and helped to drag the counrty out of the depression.

Anonymous said...

Franklin Roosevelts main objective was to bring economic relief to American citizens through relief, reform, and recovery. FDR wanted a progressive movement to better the lives of Americans. During the Depression 25% of Americans were unemployed, millions were starving, majority broke, the economy was in shables, etc. FDR to battle this monster inacted programs such as the CCC which employed 3.5 million men by planting trees, to build roads, fight fires, create state parks, build bridges, etc. FDR made many steps toward helping the "forgotten man" the AAA for example help farmers, he also established the Social Security act that is still working today to help the elderly and handicapped. FDR passed Acts and Adminstrations to seemingly tackle every problem the U.S. faced.
Maynard

Anonymous said...

Casey:)
When Roosevelt came into office the United States was severly cripled by the economic depression. His main campaigns pledged that he wanted to help the common man by the 3R's: Relief, Recovery, and Reform. Like Hannah and many others have already said, I believe that it was a mixture of his reform programs and acts that helped to fight the depression. The CCC, gave government jobs to many men who would later build roads and help conserve natural resources. The AAA, helped farmers who had an overproduction of crops by buying them. The TVA, helped people with flooded lands and provided electricity. The FDIC, insured peoples money in the bank up to $5,000, which gave people reassurance in the banking system again. Social Secruity also played a huge role and still remains in existance today helping the elderly. All most all of Roosevelts measure helped fight the depression in one way or another, giving people jobs, reform, and reassurance in themselves, the economy and the government.

LaDonna said...

Picking one is kind of difficult because a lot of them had a huge impact. but I believe the most helpful one was the FDIC. This help to insure people that their money would be safe. With people having this security they would put their money into banks which helped get us out of the great depression. This allowed for loans to be taken out also. So that why I believe it was the most effective because without money in the banks peole cant get loans.

Dillon Todd said...

I agree with Hannah in saying that the NDIC and SEC and the CCC had a great impact. they did help in a lot of ways to better the economy. a lot of things today would be different if they didn't pass. like the banks having insurance on the money.
It also put money back into the economy and into people's pockets. with the money going around it got us some what out of the depression.

Savannah said...

I think that the FDIC was the most effective in fighting the depression. It gave insurance on the money that the public put in the bank. The creation of this let the people have trust in their banking systems once again. Also TVA was pretty effective. It created many jobs and even created electricity using dams. The people of Kentucky experienced this first hand, while there is a TVA dam not too far away. The SEC was also effective. It regulated the Stock Market, and still does today, so that it is less likely to crash. All of these combined, brought us out of the depression.

Jesse said...

i believe it was the TVA Because it is what helped our area the most it gave people jobs to biuld the dams to stop the floods that were taking place and then after that the electricy that was supplied to this area changed how the people lived here and because of all these new jods the people started to spend there money which helped the economy.

Shelby said...

I think that Roosevelt had a lot of acts that he passed that were effective in their own ways. But some of the acts that I personally thought were more effective were the FDIC, TVA, and SEC. The FDIC helped gain trust back for the banks, and the people thought of the banks as more dependable when the banks had the people's money insured. The TVA created electricity and provided many jobs for people who were in need of jobs to support their families in such a hard time. The SEC helped to regulate the stock market. This act was really good because if the market crashed again America could've gone into another depression and that would've been really bad for everyone. So because it regulated this it was very effective.