These sources indicate the importance of action in New Deal programs. The piece about the Dust Bowl shows us the sense of desperation in those that have not moved forward. The Oklahoma and pandhandle of Texas suffered so much from environmental destruction that many people found it necessary to leave the region entirely.
The New Deal programs demonstrate that not only is it important for people to get back to work, but also to utilize natural resources in a more efficient and productive manner. FDR stresses that rebuilding the country also means improving it for the future and ensuring that it would continue to grow. In addition to the Hoover dam, the Chrystler building, the Empire State Building, Rockefeller center and Mount Rushmore (to name a few) were all completed in the midst of the Great Depression. Clearly these were all very expensive projects, and they all epitomize America today. The old adage, "you have to spend money to make money" resonates with me as I imagine the country in crisis continuing to build rather than recoil in fear.
What, in your mind, did these New Deal programs accomplish? What impact did they have on how the United States imagined itself?
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There were many programs that was within the new deal. Each program had a different job that needed to be accomplished. They include building more schools, and creating new jobs and industrializing. So the new deal had a literal meaning.
ReplyDeleteBut I believe that among anything else the new deal was physiological. It showed that America is strong. The have went through hell and back and survived. It is a motivator and sence of hope of making America great.
I think these New Deal programs accomplished much more than economic revenue. It accomplished the task of bringing Americans together out of this tough time. For example, in creating the Hoover Dam, engineers, environmentalists, and designers teamed up with thousands of hard workers to accomplish one great task. Stepping back and looking at the finished product gives them a sense that they just did that and can accomplish anything in the future. Not only did the New Deal programs give confidence to workers in the present, but more importantly, it inspired and laid the foundation for hard work in the future of the United States.
ReplyDeleteThe New Deal accomplished more than bring back the economy. It showcased America to the world, but also have the people in America faith in that their country can survive, and that it will continue to be a world power even in the harshest of times. Sometimes, this is what is needed in tough situations like the Great Depression.
ReplyDeleteI think the New Deal programs showed how strong the United States is and how we always have and always will work together as a country. It gave citizens hope that they could overcome all obstacles. I think these New deal programs laid the foundation for a strong future America.
ReplyDeleteI think that the new deals accomplished getting people who were unemployed, working again to create an america that the next generations could use to be better off then the current generation. I think that they also accomplished giving the average joe a purpose for getting up in the morning and going out and doing work. I think that these accomplishments made Americans think that america is rising again. That we have fallen but with this new job and this project that will shape our country for generations to come, that america will become once again a great and powerful nation.
ReplyDeleteEconomically, the progressive new deal program created great amount of demostic demands in various fields. In my eyes, the most siginificant role of new deal program is that it granted a purpose to people who lost faith in themselves, to get them out of home and do whatever it is to get them busy, to use the money that the country are lossing in the bank and boost the machine boldly.Is something like fight desperately like a cornered wild beast.
ReplyDeleteThe young men helped by CCC seemed to have appreciated the activity and improvement of self esteem by doing work rather than the income. This was interesting and shows that a financial depression affects people on all fronts, especially emotional, so a varied approach is needed to combat it. I was also impressed by Roosevelt's approach to conservation, it seems very pragmatic and he recognized the need for planning. The biggest shock was the dustbowl. At first, the scene is set up as a destitute land, foreign to anything we could ever imagine, with house caked in dust, even inside. But then, the girl goes to the movies…. It was a complete shock what a change of pace that was. It was like being survival mode and then suddenly indulging yourself a little luxury.
ReplyDeleteI believe that the New Deal accomplished only a little. I believe it sent a precedent for our country. The democratic view of large central government became prelevant during the times of the new deal. People became more reliant on the fact that the government has a large part in the lives of the people.
ReplyDeleteThe New Deal programs built the infrastructure of the United States, and gave jobs to innumerable Americans, suffering from the Great Depression. It gave the people a job, and a newfound sense of pride in that fact. The people weren't getting "a handout," they were getting a job. The New Deal programs were a master stroke in boosting the morale and physical infrastructure of the country.
ReplyDeletethink that the best investment within the mentioned programs was the Hoover dam. while bulidings like the Empire State Building had a more represantative effect, which was surely encouraging for the poeple in these hard times, the Hoover dam actually had a higher use. It provided Protection, water and electricity to the people who lived there and was surely an encouraging thing regarding the destroyment of nature in other places, in form of dust storms or others.
ReplyDeleteThe New Deal has several sub-programs that each needed to accomplish an individual goal. Such goals could be; the construction of new schools, improving road ways, general construction, and other goals as large as job creation across the nation. So the term New Deal as some physical meaning to it.
ReplyDeleteThe new deal was also physiological. It showed Americans, and more importantly made Americans believe they were showing the world that America is strong. The people of America have went through hell and back and survived. It is a motivator and sense of hope of bringing back what made America great.