President Roosevelt's "New Deal"

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This paper outlines and describes the laws and reforms instituted by President Roosevelt in response to the tremendous suffering and hardship the American population was enduring as a result of the Great Depression and the stock market crash of 1929. The paper explains that, ultimately, the New Deal initiatives brought America back to the forefront and helped prepare it for WWII.

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"According to historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, before 1935 "the American people had been through two profound shocks. The first was the shock of depression. . . the second was the shock of the New Deal which brought the sudden hope that the national government offered a means of recovery and progress. " And as a result of these "shocks," "the combination of the two. . . left the people. . . excited and vulnerable" (15). Thus, under the guidance of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the so-called New Deal which sought to bring an end to the devastating effects of the Great Depression, brought America and its citizens back from the brink of destruction and created an entirely new social and economic order that survived well into the 1940's and affected every aspect of American society."

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