1. Rodolfo Brandon Bernardino
Garret Holcroft
Franklin D. Roosevelt Essay
Franklin D. Roosevelt was a strong leader and president during the Great Depression.
Unfortunately, his New Deal policies failed to sufficiently stimulate the economy. Roosevelt
urged the government to have more involvement in handling the economy. His plan to utilize
technology in reversing the Great Depression was flawed. Roosevelt’s pump priming created a
national deficit by attempting to help the economy by spending money the USA did not have.
Roosevelt established a numerable amount of government agencies within days of taking
office. Some of these include: the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Civil Works
Administration, and the Securities and Exchange Commission. These and many other
organizations were effective in handling the causes and problems associated with the Great
Depression. However, there were many critics who opposed the governmental interference.
Other critics, mainly proponents of the Populist movement, believed that his New Deal program
was ineffective.