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Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration dealt with many problems of The Great Depression. The United States was in panic after the stock market crash. These obstacles included unemployment, where businesses closed down without the cycle of money. Another was convincing people to accept the New Deal.

During the roaring twenties businesses opened for new production. It included kitchen items, automobiles, and other products. Jobs were emerging too many people and in order to earn money for their families to survive. In 1929, the stock market crashed. Prices on products or items decreased, people stored money under the bed mattresses and not at the bank. This caused many businesses to let go of workers or close down the store. The depression left families without shelter. As quoted by Meridel Lesueur, “out of jobs in cities and suffering extreme poverty: (A)

President Roosevelt immediately issued the New Deal to aid the United States. The Washington Post drew Roosevelt trying to bring back the nation from the depression. (C) The citizens expected the government to create more relief programs to mining, building bridges, railroads, and factories. Some workers disliked the wages and hourly work. It went into a court cased called Schechter vs. United States. At the end, it ruled that the government has no such power of wages relating to interstate commerce. (F)

Other plans that Roosevelt sent out was social security benefits. People who are sixty-five or older are eligible to receive monthly checks. (E) The federal government’s role changed to organize better economic systems and prevent another depression. From the 1930’s to the mid 1940’s the unemployment rates decreased by millions. (J) “The government as an instrument of democratic action in the