The end of the New Deal

In class we recently covered the topic of New Deal. Initiated by President Franklin Roosevelt, the New Deal was a series of Acts and legislations to end the Great Depression. However, it became a major conflict as many argued over whether the acts presented were "an unconstitutional extension of federal authority. In addition, in order to protect this program from further debates and court trials, in 1937,  President Franklin Roosevelt announced a plan to add enough liberal justices to the court to neutralize and appease the conservatives that were considered, "obstructionist".

While this plan upheld a lot of hope and promises, as soon as the conservatives justices began voting for this plan, it began doing a great deal of damage towards the public-relations to the administration and gave enough supply for the president's congressional opponents. Despite his efforts, the overwhelming antis against Roosevelt's plan prevented him from enacting further on this program. In addition, in that same year, US had slipped back into another recession due to the government reducing it's spendings. Ultimately, the Great Depression ended with America's entrance into WWII as the war effort stimulated America's industry. With all this being said, the question here is most likely remains of whether in the end, these plans were successful in initiating some advances in curing the Great Depression or was it just a historical significance in changing the federal government's relationship with the people? 



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