New Deal Essay Outline

How, and with what success, did the United States government try to solve the problems caused by the Great Depression?

A strong, well-developed thesis statement that provides a structured framework for an argument.
The nature and scale of the problem facing Roosevelt
The action he took through the 1930s (the "Hows")
The impact of the New Deal on Americans (Successes / Failures / In-betweens)
The reasons for opposition to the New Deal (Counter-argument)
Your own judgement on its success. (To what extent... / with what success...)

Thesis: There were many problems caused by the Great Depression, such as Unemployment, the Homeless, and the Economy, and these problems were dealt with by the goverment by Relief, Reform, and Recovery. These attempts were greatly successful because it provided people with Jobs as well as helped with the banking problems.

Paragraph #2: (How- helping the struggling people)
-Federal Emergency Relief Administration
-How it helped

Paragraph #3: Recovery
-FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and how it helped
-Securities Exchange Commission and how it helped.


Paragraph #3: REFORM
-Emergency Banking Act
Stabalizes banks keeps people from loosing all their money

Paragraph #5: (Counterargument)
-FDR seen as dictator because packed supreme court so that he would have 10 votes
-Unemployment and homeless
-FDR laid off many workers who had been employed by the New Deal's own organizations
-FDRcut the New Deal budget in 1937, the country went back into recession.