Franklin D. Roosevelt took a stand against the Great Depression by taking economic actions. These actions led to permanent jobs program that employed 8.5 million people from 1935 to 1943, and the economy to continue to improve throughout the next three years. History.com Staff. "The Great Depression." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2009. Web. 10 Nov. 2016. <http://www.history.com/topics/great-depression>. During Roosevelt's first year as president, Congress passed laws to protect stock and bond investors. Federal Securities Act (May 27), to stiffen regulation of the securities business. Congress also enacted several important relief and reform measures in the summer of 1935 — sometimes called the first hundred days. "The New Deal." The New Deal. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2016. <http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1851.html>. Roosevelt launched a second, more aggressive series of federal programs, sometimes called the Second New Deal. In April, he created the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to provide jobs for unemployed people. History.com Staff. "New Deal." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2009. Web. 07 Oct. 2016. <http://www.history.com/topics/new-deal>. Roosevelt's New Deal incorporated watered-down elements of more radical political ideas that became popular during the Great Depression. Social Security was a less ambitious version of the Townsend Plan, while the largely symbolic 1935 "Wealth Tax" was clearly designed to co-opt supporters of Huey Long's Share The Wealth program. History.com Staff. "New Deal." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2009. Web. 29 Oct. 2016. <http://www.history.com/topics/new-deal>
Franklin D. Roosevelt took a stand against the Great Depression by taking economic actions. These actions led to permanent jobs program that employed 8.5 million people from 1935 to 1943, and the economy to continue to improve throughout the next three years. History.com Staff. "The Great Depression." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2009. Web. 10 Nov. 2016. <http://www.history.com/topics/great-depression>. During Roosevelt's first year as president, Congress passed laws to protect stock and bond investors. Federal Securities Act (May 27), to stiffen regulation of the securities business. Congress also enacted several important relief and reform measures in the summer of 1935 — sometimes called the first hundred days. "The New Deal." The New Deal. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2016. <http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1851.html>. Roosevelt launched a second, more aggressive series of federal programs, sometimes called the Second New Deal. In April, he created the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to provide jobs for unemployed people. History.com Staff. "New Deal." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2009. Web. 07 Oct. 2016. <http://www.history.com/topics/new-deal>. Roosevelt's New Deal incorporated watered-down elements of more radical political ideas that became popular during the Great Depression. Social Security was a less ambitious version of the Townsend Plan, while the largely symbolic 1935 "Wealth Tax" was clearly designed to co-opt supporters of Huey Long's Share The Wealth program. History.com Staff. "New Deal." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2009. Web. 29 Oct. 2016. <http://www.history.com/topics/new-deal>