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Essay Archive - Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Relief, Recovery, Reform
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Relief, Recovery, Reform.
Although the flood waters of poverty, unemployment, and famine known as the Great Depression began to recede under Hoover’s administration, it was Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his administration who saw to the retreat of the destitute ways of life that had enveloped the nation. When FDR took office, he intended to change the government in order to include help for the plight of the “forgotten man”. He had a plan for the change known as the “New Deal”. Roosevelt’s New Deal programs aimed at three R’s - relief, recovery, and reform.
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