In 1929 the stock market crashed, resulting in the Great Depression, AmericaÕs worst economic catastrophe. ÒBy 1932, national income had plunged by more than half, and unemployment had soared to include one-quarter of the entire work forceÓ (1,25). It was estimated that 27.5 million Americans had no regular income, and more than 1 million roamed the country as hoboes due to unemployment (1,25). At the time, Roosevelt was chief executive of New York and he wat

Although he lead the United States through twelve of its most tumultuous years, ÒAt least some of him seems to have viewed the whole thing as glorious good funÓ (2,16)

[his] instinctive feel for politics, [and his] wide ranging interest in people and ideasÓ (1,24). ÒRoosevelt had a priceless attribute: a knack for locking up his and the worldÕs worries in some secret mental compartment, and then enjoying himself to the top of his bentÓ (1,24) ÒNo factor was more important to RooseveltÕs success than his confidence in himself and his unshakable belief in the American peopleÓ (7,98-99). Others loved him because he was a public servant of the common person (3,104). His love was demonstrated more clearly with the strength he gained in his triumph over polio (3,104) Roosevelt gave seven years of his life to physical therapy to cure Òthe paralysis that crippled his body and expanded his mind and sensibilitiesÓ (7,99). Ò He had always taken great pleasure in people. But now more intensely than before, he reached out to know them, to pick up their emotions, to put himself in their shoes. No longer belonging to his old world in the same way, he came to empathize with the poor and underprivileged, with people to whom fate had dealt a difficult hand (7,99). ÒRooseveltÕs love for simple joys . . . was a key element in his strengthÓ which enable him to overcome his ailment (1,24). Frances Perkins (who served as the Secretary of Labor under FDR) said, ÒThe man emerged completely warmhearted, with new humility of spirit, and a firmer understanding of philosophical conceptsÓ (7,99).

Roosevelt made one of his most lasting impacts during the Great Depression. During this time period, Roosevelt rejuvenated the country with sheer will power. He changed the governments relationship with the people. For centuries the government stayed away from peoples financial lives for fear of the government gaining to much power. However Roosevelt brought the people and the government closer than it had ever been. The President saw that it was the governments responsibility to care for peoples financial security. Unlike Hoover, Roosevelt believed that it was necessary for the government to intervene in order to maintain a healthy economy. Roosevelt established guarantees and security measures into place, many of which are still in effect today. Also during this time period, Roosevelt made it his personal responsibility to ensure that there were enough jobs available for the unemployed, and he allowed for the poor to keep their homes and farms.

The New Deal was the single most important factor in the recovery of the United States from The Great Depression. FDRÕs New Deal fundamentally altered the relationship of the government to its people (7,98). Roosevelt believed that the democratic government had a responsibility to help Americans in distress, but not as a matter of charity, but as a matter of social duty.Therefore his first goal was to secure jobs with as many people as possible -- one of the ways Roosevelt set about this was to form groups like the Civilian Conservation Corps in order to organize massive public works projects. Groups like the CCC put millions to work building schools, roads, libraries, and hospitals; repairing bridges; digging conservation trails; and painting murals on public buildings (7,98). In addition to creating groups for the construction of massive public works projects, FDR also created organizations to aid the economy in other ways thro

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