The Great Depression and the New Deal

Question 1 To fight the Depression, Hoover took a standard Republican route and Roosevelt claimed the American people needed a New Deal. Use specific ideas and programs to compare and contrast Hoover’s and Roosevelt’s approached and evaluate the success. Answer 1 During the Roaring Twenties, the American people seemed to live in a fantasy world of wealth and luxury. The economy was booming due to little government interference and workers were receiving higher wages and …

…years of Roosevelt’s term and America seemed to be on the upswing. After years of unemployment rates through the roof, the United States was returning to a stable economy at the end of the 1930s. However, there was no act or administration that single-handedly pulled the United States out of the Great Depression. Rather, it was another world war that caused factories to pour out supplies for soldiers and eventually increase the economic output.