The great depression was a moment of complete turmoil for all who lived in the United States. Throughout a course of four years over thirteen million Americans found themselves jobless, homeless, and doing anything they could to attempt to provide their families with a single meal. Forced out of their homes, tents and cars became the new family dwelling, popping up wherever the slightest hope for work could be found. The idea of a future disappeared as marriages and children were no longer a conceivable object. Men once the bread winners of the family were overcome with shame and humiliation as providing for their families became nearly impossible. Herbert Hoover stepped into office ready to make a change but with every decision he made the United States seemed to only fall harder. He called upon business leaders …show more content…
Instead of looking at state and local charities to make a difference people began looking at the government to produce a change for each individual. Roosevelt tirelessly began making relief programs to not only bail out the government but to help people something that before his term was frowned upon as they were scared it would lead to endless amounts of handouts. Throughout Roosevelts terms there was constant hits and misses, but when something didn’t work he was ready with a new plan and wasted no time in taking action. With programs such as the WPA and the CCC he put capable Americans who had lost hope back to work giving them a chance to earn a paycheck. Creating work relief programs instead of welfare and building the nation at the same time. The Social Security Act which relied on contributions from wages and payrolls gave hope to a life in old age. Turning the care for the elderly not just on family members but the federal government. Giving hope that no one would be forced to be a burden, homeless, or hungry in their old