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Analyze the responses of Franklin D. 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? Use the documents and your knowledge of the period 1929-1941 to construct your essay.

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Having gone through severe unemployment, food shortages, and· a seemingly remiss President Hoover, the American
.___ people were beginning to lose hope. But sentiments began to turn as FOR stepped into office and implemented his New
Deal programs. I=DR and his administration responded to the crisis by executing policies that would successfully address
reform, relief, and, unsuccessfully, recovery. Although WWII ultimately recovered America from its depressio"n, it was
FOR's response with the New Deal programs that stopped America's economic downfall, relieved hundreds of
Americ::ans, reformed many policies, and consequently expanded government power.

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