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49. The New Deal
Within days of his inauguration, President Roosevelt presented the Emergency Banking Act to Congress, which quickly approved the legislation. Here, Roosevelt signs the bill, making it law.
When America hit rock bottom, Americans expected bold leadership.
Herbert Hoover was perceived as doing nothing to help when the nation was in its darkest hour.
When the votes were tallied in 1932, Americans made a strong statement for change, and sent Franklin D. Roosevelt to the White House. Ironically, Roosevelt made few concrete proposals during the campaign, merely promising "a new deal for the American people." The plan that ultimately emerged during his Presidency was among the most ambitious in the history of the United States.
With the unemployment rate at an incredible 25%, FDR realized that jobs were needed to get people back on their feet.
A few of the 8,500,000 participants in the New Deal's Works Progress Administration are shown here hard at work in Tuskeege