FDR New Deal

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Deal was here and it shook up things, and put back the Americans trust in the government. It seems to me that by believing the government would turn things back around, the American people became more confident of the future and they were no longer afraid to go out and spend money once again. This also helped put the banking industry as well as other industries back on track.
The second theme of the first New Deal was to put an end to the rising unemployment. Roosevelt therefore decided to create the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). An idea rather reminiscent of an idea created at the same time by Hitler in Nazi-Germany, but with very different objectives. The camps were created for young men aged 18-25 whose families were on relief programs initiated also by the Roosevelt administration. By reforestation and helping improve public facilities, the young men based in camps all over the country helped preserve the country while getting paid. Though their salaries did not keep them on Easy Street the rest of their lives, it helped keep the men and their families well away from starvation level. A vast amount of the salary was sent back to their families, while the enrolees were being fed and housed by the government. The CCC was probably the most prominent of all Roosevelt’s federal programs, but many similar relief programs were created during his first New Deal. Many of these initiatives were implemented in a period often referred to as simply “T...