4. The New Deal helped with bringing money back into the market, but in turn the government lost money. The New Deal, brought to life by Franklin D. Roosevelt, created jobs for the United states; it brought the market out of its depression. The New Deal was a group of policies that were enacted as executive orders during Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first one-hundred days in office. Some of the policies were also passed by congress. They were enacted due to the great depression. The great depression caused a plunge in the stock market; people lost their houses, people lost their jobs, and the government lost money.
The New Deal occurred during Franklin D Roosevelt’s first term in office. The Works Program Administration (WPA) was the key to making the changes that occurred job wise. Social Security was also an important factor in creating a safety net for citizens. Government assistance played a big role because before the New Deal there was not The New Deal restored banks, gave people their homes back, and rescued any people that were in debt. Once people were able to work again, they were able to purchase houses, and eventually were able to invest money back into the community.
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The Civil Rights movement changed the way things were. “Whites only” and “Colored only signs were taken down. African American no longer had to sit in the back of the bus. Schools were desegregated. Housing discrimination against African Americans was change with the Fair Housing Act of 1968. The Fourteenth amendment granted all people who were born and raised in the United States citizenship. The Fifteenth Amendment gave citizens the right to vote, and protected those people from having that right taken away from them. The Brown vs. Board of Education case ruling decided that segregated schools were unconstitutional, which allowed a young girl by the name of Ruby Bridges to attend an all-white school for the first time in her