Making Life More Secure While in the depths of the.docx
1. Making Life More Secure While in the depths of the Great Depression,
there was
Making Life More SecureWhile in the depths of the Great Depression, there was a genuine
concern among a vast number of American citizens if the government was able to cope with
this devastating economic and social crisis that was at hand. People had understandably lost
faith in the government and potentially in the capability of democratic rule itself.
Consequently, President Roosevelt’s main task once he became President was to
demonstrate how the government could be utilized to cope with this national crisis and
subsequently restore the people’s faith in both the government and in the democratic rule
of American society.Let’s return to this week’s PowerPoint presentation and review the
brief YouTube video entitled Making Life More Secure that is located at the end of Slide #
11https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mot9K-
mkZn4&ab_channel=JOHNFITZAMH2020After carefully considering the points made in this
video, offer your thoughts on the following questions …Question # 1:How specifically did
President Roosevelt try to demonstrate that the government could cope with the growing
economic and social crisis that was being fostered by the ongoing Great Depression ? … In
your answer, identify at least one major step (NOT including the creation of Social Security)
that the President took to restore the people’s confidence in the government’s ability to
govern.Although intended primarily to aid the elderly in American society, why was the
enactment of Social Security legislation beneficial to young people as well ? (Hint: What
does Social Security do that creates an opportunity for younger people?)Question #
2:Nearly a century later, the U.S. is once again involved in a period of social and economic
crisis. Using the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic as the focal point for the cause of the current
day economic and social crisis, explain how our government now is currently attempting to
demonstrate that it can cope with this crisis and make life secure for more people in our
society (Hint: new legislation, new funding concepts, etc.) … and offer your thoughts on why
that matters ?
