Compare and contrast the presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt and Harry Truman.Which one policies were more efficient?
Theodore Roosevelt was the Great Depression president. Being that he was president during a time period that America was experiencing a very high unemployment rate, he and a lot of responsibility. Even though Roosevelt was a rich man before becoming president, he still did his best when he became president to help the unemployed and middle class. His New Deal policy included the Three R’s. The Three R’s meant reform relief and recovery. This was Roosevelt’s plan to help America recover from its major debt. Due to the fact that Harry Truman was Roosevelt’s vice president they were bond to have some similarities when it came to politics. The similarities came into play when it came down to things like the efficiency of the policies, but differed in the way that they were executed.
Being Roosevelt’s vice president caused Truman to favor his way of thinking. Despite their similarities they did have differences. Some of their similarities were the way that they planned to help America recover from its debt. But they differed when it came down to how it was executed. Their presidencies also differ in how efficient their plans were.
Roosevelt’s answer to America’s debt was basically a lot of acts, plans, and policies. One of those polices was his New deal plan. This plan included the plan of the Three R’s, which meant reform, recovery, and relief. A way that Truman was similar to Roosevelt was his Fair Deal plan. Truman’s Fair Deal and many of the same concepts of Roosevelt’s New Deal. They were also similar because they both came up with many plans, and policies. They both were also president during a time of a high unemployment rate. Though they were similar, they also differed.
Though they were president during the time of a high unemployment rate, Roosevelt focused more on it than Truman. Roosevelt mostly focused on unemployment, and responded with things like the Alphabet policies, New Deal Acts, Charities, and etc. Though Truman did focus on unemployment, it was not as much as Roosevelt. Truman’s main concern was reconverting the economy from a war footing to a consumer one. So while Roosevelt was trying to save America from unemployment, Truman was trying to get them to be able to spend money.
Truman and Roosevelt were similar as far as their Fair Deal and New Deal. They both knew that America needed to recover from the extreme debt. But Roosevelt did more and therefore was more efficient than Truman. One of the things that made Roosevelt more efficient was his charity projects. Even though a lot of people were poor and unemployed, there were still rich and upper class people. So if they pass it down to those who have less this could better the economy and it did.
Due to the fact that Truman was Roosevelt’s vice president they did have some similarities. But even though they were similar they also had their differences. Some of those differences came into play when it came to efficiency of their policies. Though they both efficient to some extent, Roosevelt’s were more.
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March 8, 2008
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The Great Depression Led to Social Problems in America
The 1930’s Great Depression was a miserable time period for America. This was the time period after World War I, and the first time that America experienced major debt. There were several causes of the Great Depression; many of them were due to bad political decisions. Two of which were the Fordney- McCumber and Hawley- Smoot Tariffs. Andrew Mellon (who was secretary of the Treasury at the time) introduced the Fordney- McCumber Tariff in 1922. This caused taxes on agricultural, chemical, and metal imports to rise. During the war U.S. gave financial aid to the Allies and in the 1920’s demanded repayment. The Fordney- McCumber Tariff made it so the Allies could not sell any thing for which there was a given demand on. Therefore the Allies were deeper in debt and could not repay their debt to the U.S. In 1930 Congress passed the highest tariff in the nation’s history as a way to protect American industry and manufacturing from foreign competition. This was the Hawley-Smoot Tariff. The Hawley- Smoot Tariff raised U.S. tariffs on over twenty thousand imported goods, and really worsened The Great Depression. Another cause of The Great Depression was technology. Due to America still trying to stay competitive in production, they created machines that made where manual labor was no longer needed. For example, a job that could have taken seven workers to do, now only needed one, so the other six workers are know out of a job. This also led to under consumption. Under consumption was basically that many people were not making as much money as they did before the war and before technology, and even though the machines were producing a large amount of product, people were not able to purchase them because the did not have the money. Even though many people were living in poverty, there was still a small percent that was not. The problem with this was that they controlled most of the nation’s wealth, and did it in a way that kept them being rich at the expense of the rest of the nation. Someone who was responsible for doing this was Andrew Mellon, who secured tax deductions from congress for those who were considered to be rich. Due to all the things mentioned above, America experienced on of the worst time periods in history, the 1930’s Great Depression.
Many American families were affected by The Great Depression. The Great Depression altered the American social fabric in the 1930’s in different ways. One social effect was that many people were laid off of there jobs. Also a lot of living arrangements changed. Another way was that it caused migration. America would not be relieved from the Great Depression until World War II.
Technology really harmed the workers of America during the Great Depression. This was because it could work at a faster pace than humans; therefore business owners replaced their workers with machines. This was the same for farmers. Farmers started to use technology to grow their crops at a faster pace, nut this ended up hurting them in the long run. There was a serious case of under consumption because people could not afford to buy things any more. Franklin D. Roosevelt tried to help with his New Deal programs which aimed at the three R’s, reform recovery and relief. Long- range goals were what reform was for. And then it was short- range goals for relief and immediate recovery.
As a result of the Great Depression the unemployment rate increased to about 1.8 million. Due to this people were forced to live in harsh conditions. Many were homeless, with out food and work. Others who could afford it lived in Soup Kitchens. Soups Kitchens were very small and crowed. For example, a soup kitchen could be like a two flat building where each family house would be a bedroom out of the apartment. There was a community bath room and kitchen. Often people who lived in Soup Kitchens still had a hard time keeping up with rent and other bills.
Migration took place because of the harsh living conditions during the time of the Great Depression. The 1920’s in America was the time of the Harlem Renaissance. During this time many people made a living off of being artist, some visual another’s verbal. But when the Great Depression they could no longer afford to live in America so many of them migrated to Europe. Another migration that took place was due to the “Dust Bowl”. This was a drought that accrued in late 1933 that stretched from eastern Colorado to western Missouri. Many of the residents of these places migrated to California because their crops and land had become all dried up.
The Great Depression of the 1930’s changed social life in America. This was because America was experiencing its first time of being in major debt. Some of the ways that the social life was altered was because of technology. This made it where many American workers were laid off from their jobs. Because many of them were laid off they were forced to live in harsh conditions. Others migrated as a result of the Depression. America would not gain relief from the Great Depression until World War II, also known as the second great migration. This was the second great migration because when a lot of the Caucasian people went to fight in the war, African American migrated from the south to get the jobs that they left.
APUS
The Great Depression Led to Social Problems in America
The 1930’s Great Depression was a miserable time period for America. This was the time period after World War I, and the first time that America experienced major debt. There were several causes of the Great Depression; many of them were due to bad political decisions. Two of which were the Fordney- McCumber and Hawley- Smoot Tariffs. Andrew Mellon (who was secretary of the Treasury at the time) introduced the Fordney- McCumber Tariff in 1922. This caused taxes on agricultural, chemical, and metal imports to rise. During the war U.S. gave financial aid to the Allies and in the 1920’s demanded repayment. The Fordney- McCumber Tariff made it so the Allies could not sell any thing for which there was a given demand on. Therefore the Allies were deeper in debt and could not repay their debt to the U.S. In 1930 Congress passed the highest tariff in the nation’s history as a way to protect American industry and manufacturing from foreign competition. This was the Hawley-Smoot Tariff. The Hawley- Smoot Tariff raised U.S. tariffs on over twenty thousand imported goods, and really worsened The Great Depression. Another cause of The Great Depression was technology. Due to America still trying to stay competitive in production, they created machines that made where manual labor was no longer needed. For example, a job that could have taken seven workers to do, now only needed one, so the other six workers are know out of a job. This also led to under consumption. Under consumption was basically that many people were not making as much money as they did before the war and before technology, and even though the machines were producing a large amount of product, people were not able to purchase them because the did not have the money. Even though many people were living in poverty, there was still a small percent that was not. The problem with this was that they controlled most of the nation’s wealth, and did it in a way that kept them being rich at the expense of the rest of the nation. Someone who was responsible for doing this was Andrew Mellon, who secured tax deductions from congress for those who were considered to be rich. Due to all the things mentioned above, America experienced on of the worst time periods in history, the 1930’s Great Depression.
Many American families were affected by The Great Depression. The Great Depression altered the American social fabric in the 1930’s in different ways. One social effect was that many people were laid off of there jobs. Also a lot of living arrangements changed. Another way was that it caused migration. America would not be relieved from the Great Depression until World War II.
Technology really harmed the workers of America during the Great Depression. This was because it could work at a faster pace than humans; therefore business owners replaced their workers with machines. This was the same for farmers. Farmers started to use technology to grow their crops at a faster pace, nut this ended up hurting them in the long run. There was a serious case of under consumption because people could not afford to buy things any more. Franklin D. Roosevelt tried to help with his New Deal programs which aimed at the three R’s, reform recovery and relief. Long- range goals were what reform was for. And then it was short- range goals for relief and immediate recovery.
As a result of the Great Depression the unemployment rate increased to about 1.8 million. Due to this people were forced to live in harsh conditions. Many were homeless, with out food and work. Others who could afford it lived in Soup Kitchens. Soups Kitchens were very small and crowed. For example, a soup kitchen could be like a two flat building where each family house would be a bedroom out of the apartment. There was a community bath room and kitchen. Often people who lived in Soup Kitchens still had a hard time keeping up with rent and other bills.
Migration took place because of the harsh living conditions during the time of the Great Depression. The 1920’s in America was the time of the Harlem Renaissance. During this time many people made a living off of being artist, some visual another’s verbal. But when the Great Depression they could no longer afford to live in America so many of them migrated to Europe. Another migration that took place was due to the “Dust Bowl”. This was a drought that accrued in late 1933 that stretched from eastern Colorado to western Missouri. Many of the residents of these places migrated to California because their crops and land had become all dried up.
The Great Depression of the 1930’s changed social life in America. This was because America was experiencing its first time of being in major debt. Some of the ways that the social life was altered was because of technology. This made it where many American workers were laid off from their jobs. Because many of them were laid off they were forced to live in harsh conditions. Others migrated as a result of the Depression. America would not gain relief from the Great Depression until World War II, also known as the second great migration. This was the second great migration because when a lot of the Caucasian people went to fight in the war, African American migrated from the south to get the jobs that they left.
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