Question

Many people supported Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal policies. However, some individuals, such as Huey P. Long, criticized his policies, and the Supreme Court declared some unconstitutional. If you had lived during the Great Depression, would you have supported Roosevelt’s policies or criticized them? Why?

Answer 1

Had I been an unemployed man, as most were, I totally would have supported Roosevelt’s ideas because he created jobs. One of he worst things for a country is men without jobs. If men have jobs, their mind is busy, they aren’t bored. If men don’t have jobs? They can become dangerous. Roosevelt’s policies benefitted the working man, which is why the working class supported him.