FDR’s Relief Program: Rebuilding a Nation in Crisis
Words: 617 Pages: 2 2115Amidst the apex of the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) ascended to the presidency, inheriting a landscape marred by extensive unemployment, destitution, and desolation. Commencing his tenure in 1933, he promptly instituted a series of far-reaching economic overhauls collectively known as the New Deal, aimed at ameliorating the plight of the multitudes ensnared by the economic cataclysm. The New Deal constituted a bold and unparalleled federal response to a crisis of such magnitude, with the crux of its efficacy […]