"It is common sense to take a method and try it," explained Franklin D.

Roosevelt in 1933. "If it fails, admit it frankly and try another." This

adventurous attitude was characteristic of Roosevelt, who in his four terms as

President, made boundless efforts to end the Depression of the 1930s, and to

turn back the Axis Powers in World War II.

Depression-stunned Americans first elected Roosevelt to office in 1932,

after he promised them a new deal for American people. Roosevelt plunged into

the Presidency determined to restore American confidence, because he felt that

the national government had the final responsibility for the people's welfare.

Between March and June 1933, known as the First Hundred Days, Roosevelt easily

persuaded Congress to create a series of New Deal agencies to combat the

Depression. The agencies formed included the Civilian Conservation Corps,

Federal Emergency Relief Administration, Agricultural Adjustment

Administration, Tennessee Valley Authority, Farm Security Administration,

Home Owners Loan Corporation, and following months brought the creation of the

Securities and Exchange Commission. Also enacted during the First Hundred

The Tennessee Valley Authority was created to develop the largely

to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own

reopen under strict new regulations and government supervision, and the export

dams, which opened up large tracts of land for agricultural and industrial

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