FDRs new deal programs

Thread Topic: FDRs new deal programs

Emmajamme Joined: Jan 27, '10 Status: Newbie	2010-03-05 23:53:04
	I definetly think Roosevelt was extremely stupid, but I'd like to know the opinion of others. For or against?
tongue Joined: Aug 19, '08 Status: Newbie	2010-03-06 01:15:21
	I think Roosevelt's programs were good for two reasons: (1)they fixed a boken system and restored faith in our democracy, and(2)they set the precedent that government has a responsibility to provide some things for it's citizens.
Emmajamme Joined: Jan 27, '10 Status: Newbie	2010-03-06 07:23:20
	They didn't fix the economy. World war 2 is what got us out of the depression.
Peter Principle Joined: Apr 2, '09 Status: Novice	2010-03-06 11:04:29
	World War 2 put the nail in the coffin of the depression, but FDRs programs put people back to work, and the economy was improving all throughout the 1930s under his policies. Another thing FDR did was restore faith in capitalism. People of the time thought the capitalist system had failed, and meanwhile the Russians were touting the benefits of communism.. which sounded really good to a lot of people at the time. FDR did not believe in communism, though, and the way he tamed the capitalist system with safety nets and government programs allowed America to flourish in our greatest, and economically strongest decades.. the 40s, 50s, 60s and beyond. You can't argue with those results.
Emmajamme Joined: Jan 27, '10 Status: Newbie	2010-03-06 11:08:22
	Russains? Communism? Do you not remember the red scare? We were acting like a bunch of babies.
tongue Joined: Aug 19, '08 Status: Newbie	2010-03-06 12:39:24
	We really would've turned to a dictator if not for FDR, probably more fascist like Mussolini than communist, though. Peter's absolutely right- the New Deal set an economic foundation for the next several decades. Prior to the New Deal, we were largely a nation of rich and poor. The New Deal is responsible for creating the modern middle class.
Emmajamme Joined: Jan 27, '10 Status: Newbie	2010-03-06 12:44:53
	Hoover didn't do crap for us. He's the one who was too much of an ass to do anything. FDR did help a little, I guess.
The Godfather Joined: Feb 1, '10 Status: Newbie	2010-03-08 08:31:07
	Good except for the printing of money which helped make them work. Our value dropped greatly, it plummeted after he did that. Look at what happened everwhere else in the world when money was printed. As for us turning to a dictator I challenge that. How would that happen?
tongue Joined: Aug 19, '08 Status: Newbie	2010-03-08 16:15:57
	The way Hoover had handled the Depression, people were very doubtful of democracy in our country at that time. Also in many other countries, notably Germany and Japan, the Depression did give rise to dictators.
Emmajamme Joined: Jan 27, '10 Status: Newbie	2010-03-09 14:58:15
	Hooover assumed the depression would play itself out but it didnt and now hes hated.
rosiepiepony Joined: Mar 2, '10 Status: Newbie	2010-03-09 15:11:16
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Emmajamme Joined: Jan 27, '10 Status: Newbie	2010-03-09 15:12:40
	go away and stop spamming up my thread rose
sara63 Joined: Mar 15, '10 Status: Novice	2010-03-24 16:24:28
	fdr did way more than hoover. fdr spent a lot of money on the new deal programs and they worked out of luck. but hoover just kind of waited for the problems to fix themselves.