The New Deal

In many ways, the United States’ Government intervenes in our economy. In this type of society, these interventions can regulate certain industries but can sometimes become unconstitutional. For instance, the court case Schecter v United States, which took place in 1935, showed that the government abused its power when it tried to inform business owners how to run their business. The Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional to do this. The main problem with this case resulted from Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal program.
After getting elected President in 1932, Roosevelt’s proposition to get the nation back into an economic balance after the wretched Stock Market crash was this New Deal idea. FDR took the initiative to undertake this project, rather than allowing congress and the rest of the government to help. This program was taking place all around the United States, ranging from Tennessee to Oregon to Texas. Roosevelt developed the “100 Day Plan”...