The New Deal helped thousands of Americans with food and shelter for the poorest of people along with the people hit the hardest by the Great Depression. People such as sharecroppers and independent farmers in my opinion were helped the most, because of the government who took the time and lended a hand. Soup kitchens started popping up all over the country to help the starving. People helped each other to become a better country. The most important part of the New Deal in my opinion was to get the work force ready and healthy to work and rebuild the economy.
After the Great Depression, the government pretty much built the economy from the ground up by creating jobs such as building bridges, houses, and sewers. This jump started the economy and brought the entire country up from the ground. The CCC or the Civilian Conservation Corps was a program that helped re-plant forests and drain swaps. This work paid well and often which made it very popular.
The Social Security Act was an act that helped elderly people who could not support themselves because of their age. The act kept a retirement account that had enough money in it to last a person for a long amount of time. Before, the elderly had to either work or live off of what they had. This posed a large problem for people who just wanted to live out their twilight years in peace.
During the depression, farmer's made more than they could buy which dropped prices so low, crops were worth next to nothing. This ruined the economy. After the depression, the government helped farmers run their own farms individually without having to become a sharecropper.

I can connect with the social security paragraph.
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