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There is debate amongst historians over several eras in American history the New Deal being one of them. ... The creators of the New Deal, Franklin D. ... But how successful was Roosevelt and his New Deal on the domestic front? ... There is no doubt that these three economic policies and the publics’ positive response contributed significantly to the success of Roosevelt’s New Deal. ... In later years after the demise of Roosevelt and the Democrats lost office, the region continued to benefit from the facilities established because of the new deal. ... Mencken, an influential American writer, saw the new deal as a ‘series of stupendous bogus miracles’ and FDR and his cabinet as ‘a gang of half-educated pedagogues’. Another writer, Thomas Wolfe, viewed the democrats as communists and FDR as a fascists and together their socialist policies would alter what the United States and its
Helen Madell: s0024488 15 Sept 03
HIST 19030, The USA in contemporary world history
people fought for, liberalism. ... Big business was carrying the new deal by paying high taxes for being successful. Many businesses openly expressed disliked the government policies and began to describe the government as socialists and FDR as a dictator. The democrats open witch-hunt of Andrew Mellon, a successful entrepreneur who donated generously to the public, gave support to big businesses view of the dictator FDR. ... The image FDR portrayed to the public: a man of confidence in himself, his policies and optimism, was appealing to many. ... Journalists protected FDR and often it is contested amongst historians if the media was the reason for Roosevelt’s popularity. ... FDR’s cabinet was seen to be doing something and trying anything to save America and this is what Americans wanted, an active government.
Approximate Word count = 2130
Approximate Pages = 8.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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