Failures of the New Deal

Dusty farmland during the Great Depression and Recovery

• Discrimination against blacks still continued and many remained jobless and received low wages where they got employed
• In the long run little had been done for the poor people
• Most programmes did not last long especially those concerning employment
• The unemployment rate still remained high only to be removed by WWII
• The health and education sectors got little attention
• The Dust Bowl a natural disaster caused drought and soil erosion in the farms and many farmers abandoned their farms to seek employment in the urban areas
• Most capitalists undermined Roosevelt’s policies and remained powerful and continued discriminating their workers
• Most state did not want to spend money on relief so many unemployed lived on relief

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