HOW FAR DOES SOURCE A SUPPORT SOURCE B ABOUT OPINIONS TOWARDS THE NEW DEAL?
SOURCE A:
Speech by SB Fuller in 1980; he was a self-made African American Businessman and Republic. The New Deal hurt us. Everything Roosevelt had was given to him. He didn’t understand that when you give to people, you hurt them. We had soup lines and the depression because men lost confidence in themselves. A dog you feed will not hunt. If you want a dog who hunts, you have to let him be hungry. You’re free to eat if you pay for your food, and you’re free to starve if you don’t pay.
SOURCE B:
Frances Perkin (1946), Perkins was Secretary of Labour for Roosevelt’s New Deal government Roosevelt understood that the suffering of the depression had fallen on those people least able to bear it. He knew that the rich had been hard to hit, but at least they had something left. But the ordinary shopkeeper, the ordinary household, the farmer who worked the soil himself, the man who worked for wages - these people were desperate. The idea that all these forces of the community should be directed by making life better for ordinary people.
Answers
FDR encouraged listeners to support him by tell them how serious he considered Americas problems to be, and how dedicated he would be to solving them and giving American people a better way of life. He was dedicated to solving the unemployment, homelessness, Hoovervilles and breadline problems. In Source A he says ‘this is more than a political campaign, it is a call to arms…win in this crusade to restore America.’ He was good at making powerful speeches, and showed how committed he would be. He talked of how he would use everything in his power to get America back on its feet. After having HH do nothing in the depression, and just watch peoples lives get worse, FDR gave promise and hope, like a fresh new start for America, which it desperately needed. FDR also spoke to Americans as people and recognised all the problems they were having, they saw FDR as a real person, willing to get his hands dirty, instead of like a rigid politician who stays out of the way like republican HH. The words he used to show how serious he thinks the problems were, and how hard he was willing to work to solve them. ‘I am waging a war against Destruction, Delay, Deceit and Despair.’ These are strong words, and the word ‘war’ is interpreted by people as a lot of action, a fight for the country to help the people. FDR used fighting talk and this seemed like inspiration to Americans to help FDR and help themselves – they had gone a long time with no hope and no offers of hope.
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