The Great Depression was a time of financial trouble for many Americans. During the Great Depression, many men stood in long lines outside soup kitchens to get some food. Franklin Delanor Roosevelt (FDR) was responsible for creating and implementing the New Deal that saved America after the Great Depression. The New Deal was important because the American economy was doing great and had to come out of it. After the stock market crash of 1929, millions of people struggled just to get something to eat and a roof to sleep under. The program created by FDR allowed America to get up and dust itself off. It created jobs and many organizations that were responsible for many of the public works and government agencies we still use today. The change in income between 1929 and 1933 was drastic. It fell from $700 a year to $375 a year, as shown in Trends in Personal Income, 1929-1933. The difference is $325, almost 50% of the 1929 earnings. When FDR discovered this, he immediately took action to reverse the trend. He encouraged the federal and state governments to create the Public Works Administration (PWA) and the National Recovery Administration (NRA) to recover from the crisis, as shown in document PWA is the public works administration. Its purpose was not only to improve the …show more content…
Once Hoover was out of office, FDR managed to find those funds that were otherwise unavailable or Hoover simply sought and began to fill America with jobs to help build America with jobs and culture. This donation was made across the United States. It was made in the homes of broken families who were struggling to get anything to eat. This was done in banks, where people were now assured that their money was safe, whereas before there was no insurance and no guarantee of money if the banks lost all their cash. Contributions were made to streets and buildings that needed a facelift or just