Like World War I, the Great Depression made a deep and lasting impact on the United States. President Franklin Roosevelt took office during the Great Depression and his administration created programs aimed at fixing the economic and social problems of this period. On this topic you will write a one to two-page essay that answers the
following prompt:
Analyze the responses of President Franklin Roosevelt’s administration to the problems of the Great Depression.
How effective were these responses. How did they change the role of the federal government?