Roosevelt's program to solve the economic problems created by the Great Depression of the 1930s. However, the New Deal didn't end the depression, but it did relieve much economic hardships and gave Americans faith in the democratic system at a time when other nations hit by the depression turned to the dictators. ... The FERA cooperated with the states in relieving hardships caused by unemployment. ... After Hoover was elected as the president of United States and was rejected by the country, Franklin D. ... Roosevelt's attempts to please the country with the New Deal program...

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Eventually the consumers couldn't keep up with the mass overproduction, so they started purchasing goods on credit. ... The poor distribution of wealth was such that wagers could not keep up with the market. ... The American people were in turmoil and they had no one to blame but current President Herbert Hoover. In protest of this Great Depression people built "Hoovervilles" right in front of the White House, so the President could see how the American people were living. ... If America had this kind of economic system, maybe there would have never been the great depression. ...

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By 1934, the United States, along with the rest of the world, had been experiencing severe economic depression for almost five years. In the United States, the Great Depression seemed to many to signify the failure of capitalism. ... Roosevelt campaigned for the presidency and on a proposal for solving the economic problems of the Great Depression called the "New Deal." ... Long's approach to resolving the issues of the Great Depression, called "Share Our Wealth" clubs, was the establishment of upper and lower limits on personal wealth. ... Long's plan flirted with the concep...

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