Michelle Cortines . Ap Us History. Mr. Murray. 22 March,

Michelle Cortines AP US History Mr. Murray 22 March, 2017 Were Franklin’s Administration s’ Responses Effective? The Great Depression was an event in history which no one saw coming. Franklin D. Roosevelt was left with the mess Herbert Hoover started during his presidency. The stock market crash was the beginning of a chain reaction of inadequate events. So what was the Stock Market Crash? The Stock Market Crash was a time where there was a high unemployment rate. Having gone through severe unemployment, and food shortages the American people were beginning to lose hope. After FDR came into office people began to regain hope, because of his New Deals. His New Deals would bring Relief, Recovery, and Reform. He presented Types of New†¦show more content†¦Document C illustrates that the New Deal represents change, but not revolutionary change. This caused the role of the government to expand. While Document D states that some New Deal acts were at odds with others. One example of a program in the second new deal is the S ocial Security Act, which created a retirement fund for citizen, but this act failed to help farmers, and domestic workers. The Tennessee Valley Act was part of the new deal, which helped with creating jobs, by building dams. Document I stated â€Å"The most important [The] most important contribution of the Roosevelt administration to the age-old color line problem in America has been its doctrine that Negroes are a part of the country and must  ·be considered in any program for the country as a whole.† The New Deal acts were somewhat effective, as they did help some. In the end it wasn t the New Deals that got America out of the depression it was their involvement in World War 2. World War 2 caused the unemployment rate to drop, since the whole country’s economy transformed to benefit war effort. The New Deal changed the role of the government significantly by creating new federal agencies and an efficient executive branch. It also helped by expanding the governm ent and its agencies. In Document G, John L. Lewis talks about the Wagner Act, which was FDR s response to the widespread labor unrest. FDR used this as a chance to change the role of the