Domestic and Foreign Policies Throughout our history, many policies have been made to deal with domestic or foreign issues or conflicts. One example of domestic policies were the reforms FDR created called the New Deal. An example of a foreign policy was that of containment used after WW2.In the 1930's our country and many others around the world went through a financial depression. The Depression was mostly attributed to the stock market crash in 1929. President Hoover who served before FDR tried numerous things to try and help cure the depression. But by the time FDR was elected in, the depression was still very much present. FDR was open to many different ideas to try and fix the economy. The government programs he initiated were part of his domestic policy called the New Deal. President Roosevelt wasted no time once he got into office. Within the first One-Hundred days of his first term he made more important changes than previous presidents had made in the whole 1920's. The president clearly showed the nation that he would try and fix the problems with all he could possibly do.Some people called FDR's, New Deal, Quinones 2alphabet soup, because the reforms were new government agencies with acronym abbreviations. One belief of President Roosevelt was that the government should help the needy directly. One new government agency implemented in 1933, that demonstrated this belief was the Public Works Administration or the PWA. The PWA put people to work by having bridges, highways, dams, and other public projects built. One very important change that FDR made was establishing the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The FDIC provided insurance on a bank depositors money through the aid of federal funds. This way the federal government would restore a lost account for up to 100,000 dollars. FDR wa...
