RFD: A Man of Integrity
One of the most traumatic situations this country has ever experienced was the Great Depression. It was an extraordinary event for the people of this country because it effected everyone, women and children included. Families starved and the living conditions were what we see in third world countries today. These extraordinary times required an extraordinary leader. Franklin D. Roosevelt was such a leader. While his New Deal policies were not the sole solution to the multitude of problems that this country faced, the first hundred days of his administration set in place the foundation that ultimately restored the economy, and more importantly, the faith of the people in the federal government. Roosevelt inherited the situation from President Herbert Hoover. While it is hard to pinpoint the exact date the depression started, the stock market crash of 1929 is the major signpost. In October of 1929, the New York Stock Exchange lost fifty billion dollars and the leading industrial stocks in the United States had lost forty percent of their value (Watkins 40). The ten years following the crash constituted the span of the Great Depression. While it is certain that it hit the poor and working class the hardest, its reach was f
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Approximate Word count = 1587
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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