New Deal Dbq

During the 1930’s, America’s economy had reached its lowest in history. This time period was known as the Great Depression era. Famous politicians during this time had many great ideas on how to solve the plummeted economy. President Roosevelt created the New Deal in hopes to solve the United States’ many problems. There was a similar idea to the New Deal program that strived to make all people equal within the way of living created by Huey Long. Herbert Hoover, who was president at the beginning of the Great Depression, preferred the American system over giving the government more power to solve the economic problems in the U.S. Former President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced in his inauguration speech in 1933 that he had high hopes for his plans for when he became president during the Great Depression. Roosevelt’s idea was to create a series of programs to help ease the U.S. economic disaster. These programs came to be known as the New Deal. Problems such as agriculture, high taxes rates, and citizens living in poverty were a few examples that he hoped would be solved. His main ultimate task however, was to create jobs to escape the depression. F.D.R. said citizens

This idea was created by Huey Long, a U.S. Senate elected in 1932. Long believed his idea was an alternative to the New Deal program President Roosevelt created. The Share our Wealth program was based on a belief that all citizens should have an equal value of living. This means no one is wealthier or poorer than another. All families make the same income each year. Another part of this program was that a pension would be added for the elderly. Veterans who had already served and retired would receive care, and all children would be eligible to attend high school and college. Unfortunately, Long did not get the opportunity to put his words into action due to his assassination in