FREE ESSAY ON EVALUATION OF THE NEW DEAL

EVALUATION OF THE NEW DEAL

An evaluation of the new deal
Franklin D. Roosevelt brought the new deal in to Americans life in the early thirties.
Its purpose was to deal with the depression. Following the depression there were many
programs and acts to help the nation recover from the depression. The forgotten Americans
were the ones who needed the new deal to benefit them. These people were the blacks,
women, immigrants, and the many people who suffered from poverty. 
Unemployment was one of the biggest issues to strike the forgotten Americans.
The new deal provided helping programs such as the Social securities act, WPA, and the
federal emergency relief act to lower the unemployment and help those who couldn't work.
Checks could be received to those who were poor because of the Soc. Securities act. The
WPA, which was led by Harry Hopkins, was built to help the artists and musicians obtain a
steady job that would help lift the nations spirit. The federal Emergency relief act
provided relief money for a limited time to those workers who had been laid off. For the
black workers, the NAACP was created; it was one of the most important groups trying to
show Americans the rights of blacks. Blacks were still unchanged in the labors. Even
under the new deal, blacks were treated unfair. Women were also treated very poorly when
it came to the labor situation. They were given the so-called women's jobs, such as
teachers, clerks, typists, nurses, and textile workers. Unions for blacks and women were
rare until John Lewis formed the CIO, a union anyone could join, no matter what race they
were. The CIO one of the top unions in the nation. The new deal had again prettied much
failed with the creation of the AF of L. The AF of L was a division of many craft unions.

Government jobs and political rights were a goal for the new deal to let more Americans
have access to the pleasures that any white man could have. The Shocking grand father
laws were passed and forced Americans to take tests for the eligibility to vote. For the
black man the tests would be made especially hard and a black person would almost never
pass these tests. FDR spoke out against blacks being segregated from government jobs.
Black cabinets or black brain trust became advisors of the president. William Hastie and
Mary Leod Bethune were of the top names in this group of African Americans. They helped
thousands to stay in school and learn new traits. With the help of Eleanor Roosevelt,
many women took jobs at the White House. In 1936 the democratic convention declared that
every platform should have an alternate of the opposite sex. The WPA hosted top jobs for
women who worked in government. The most important of the women was Francis Perkins who
became the first female cabinet member in the position of secretary of labor and Florence
Allen who was a judge of the circuit court of appeals.
Farmers were down to nothing after the depression. The AAA helped keeping the farmers
balanced by plowing under crops. The Farm credit act allowed farmers to refinance
mortgages at lower rates. Things started to get better for the Farmers until the Dust
bowl destroyed much of what the mid west farmers had. They needed desperate help,
quickly. No law could give farmers what they needed. In 1933 the Gov. stepped in and
created the soil erosion services, farmers were also taught ways of farming that would
deal with the drought. The soil conservation act aimed to promote and reduce surplus soil
conservation.
The new deal had actually helped many of the problems the nation was suffering following
the depression. The most dedicated person to make it help the Forgotten people was none
other than Eleanor Roosevelt. Even while FDR was injured she traveled preaching the
opportunities that were made by the new deal. When Farmers needed a hand overcoming the
great drought known as the dust bowl the new deal once again came to the rescue.