One of the most traumatic situations this country has ever experienced was the Great Depression. It was an extraordinary event for the people of this country because it effected everyone, women and children included. Families starved and the living conditions were what we see in third world countries today. These extraordinary times required an extraordinary leader. Franklin D. Roosevelt was such a leader. While his New Deal policies were not the sole solution to the …showed first 75 words of 1558 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1558 total…deficits” (Roosevelt). With the exception of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, the first hundred days of Roosevelt’s administration saw the passing of more legislation that any other time in history. While not all of the policies stood up over the test of time, taken as a whole, they helped bring back the nation from disaster and, with the eventual help of World War II, restore the people and economy to prosperity and confidence.