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Is Helping the Poor Worth the Cost

     Should the poor be helped? Write a short (five paragraph) essay taking asking whether or not the federal government has the responsibility to establish social and economic programs to improve the quality of life for its citizens who need help. Use one the following arguments as the thesis of your essay and support it with evidence from some of the primary sources we have reference this week. Argument 1: Helping the poor is worth the cost. The federal should support the people who need help. It is the government’s duty to provide assistance to the underprivileged and those with fewer resources. It is the federal government’s responsibility to establish social and economic programs to improve the quality of life for its citizens. Government involvement in caring for the needy should be expected. The US government was created “for the people, by the people,” and its leaders are supposed to reflect the “will of the people.” FDR knew this and when elected to office in 1932, amidst the
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Did the New Deal Solve the Great Depression?

 Read the debate " Did the New Deal Solve the Great Depression ?" After reading the debate, choose a side and write an extended paragraph supporting your position with at least one new piece of supporting evidence.  Justify your position, and provide a counter argument to the opposing position.
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Economic Effects of the New Deal

       Today, we discussed your chosen programs, as well as other crucial New Deal Programs.  From those programs, select the three programs that had the greatest impact on economic recovery.  For each program you choose support your selection with an extended paragraph outlining the economic effects and its impact on recovery.
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New Deal Programs

The New Deal addressed the Great Depression by providing three categories of programs Relief : Immediate action taken to halt the economies deterioration Recovery : Temporary programs to restart the flow of consumer demand Reform : Permanent programs to avoid another depression and insure citizens against economic disasters. Go to this complete list of New Deal Programs .  Choose three of your favorite programs, one from each category of Relief, Recovery and Reform (use your best judgement from what you have learned thus far to determine) and give a brief program Description (Birthdate, Beliefs, Purpose) and a brief Program Outcome (Actions, Results)
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Introduction

As we have seen, the public’s opinion of President Hoover’s attempts to address the needs of the people during the Great Depression cost him the election of 1932. Instead, Franklin Delano Roosevelt won the election, mostly on the promise of a New Deal. In this unit, we will learn about the New Deal programs and how Roosevelt changed the role of government in people’s lives.       Throughout this week we will analyze the effectiveness of the New Deal programs, but we will also analyze its program’s unparalleled increase in governmental regulation of the economy, in order to answer the question “is helping the poor worth the cost?      But first, we will investigate the election of 1932 and the the methods each candidate planned to use in addressing the Great Depression. Read Franklin Roosevelt's speech at the 1932 Democratic National Convention . Read Herbert Hoover's October 31, 1932 address at Madison Square Garden After reading the speeches, answer the following questions: Wh
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