The New Deal A Program That Changed The Lives Of...

The New Deal was a program that changed the lives of millions of Americans. People were finally crawling out of the financial hole they were in and provided future generations with the safety net they needed to succeed. When Franklin Delano Roosevelt was inaugurated, his speech detailed what he planned to do to fix the country and its wrecked economy. He announced a plan detailing something he described as the three R’s; relief, recovery, and reform. This plan is what pulled the country out of the dark time it was in. This is the plan that made America great again. Relief is the assistance provided in a time of difficulty (www.vocabulary.com) President Roosevelt implemented a variety of ‘relief’ programs to assist the public. For example,†¦show more content†¦The Federal Relief Act spurred the creation of many programs such as the Civil Works Administration and the Emergency Work Relief Program. These programs eventually achieved the goal of the FERA. For example, the Emergency Work Relief Program, which was a subsidiary of the Federal Relief Act, helped employ about 44,000 people. The Works Progress Administration helped the nation take a very large step in the right direction. Roosevelt’s employment program supplied more than 8.5 million people with jobs. For about $41.57 a month, WPA workers rebuilt America from the ground up; bridges, roads, public buildings, public parks and airports popped up all of the country. If these programs weren’t implemented when they were, if President Roosevelt hadn’t s tepped in, the economic state of the country could’ve gone from bad to worse very quickly. Recovery is the act or process of returning to a normal state after a period of difficulty. (www.merriam-webster.com) The ‘recovery’ programs put into effect by President Roosevelt was his way of helping the nation heal. The Roosevelt administration devised a strategy with two main ideas, â€Å" (1) spreading the available work among larger numbers of employees and (2) increasing the purchasing power of the