FDR's New Deal
FDR’s new deal was a very important maneuver made by the U.S. government in the 1930s to get out of the current sense of defeat and depression held by the general public. The country was at an all time low, facing what seemed like a lifetime of debt, something that had no hope. Most living in the U.S felt as though their previous president, Herbert Hoover, didn’t do anything to get the country back on its feet in the wake of a massive depression. On July 2nd, 1932, the presidential candidate, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, appealed to the public by promising to enact the new deal if he became president. When he did become president, he had started to fulfill the hope-filled promise of a deal that changed the way America functioned. Giving small, low paying government jobs to people in need, was just one of the many ways the country changed. While those jobs weren’t at all what we consider “good jobs” to be today, they provided a steady and reasonable rate of cash-flow and a sense of self-worth and accomplishment for the employee. FDR didn't just create a couple of these organizations, but kept adding new programs, bills, and job opportunities until the end of his "rule," a four term presidential run. This scenario provided a huge range of government jobs. A lot of these bills, such as the "Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938" is still running today as a modified version. Some of the many organizations, bills, acts and major government changes that FDR incorporated and intertwined into his New Deal are mentioned in the side bar… there for you to explore!