Roosevelt. The situation during his presidency was somewhat different, though. This was not a time of economic growth for anyone in the United States. This was a time of unprecedented economic depression. When Roosevelt was elected in 1932, one out of every four Americans was unemployed (Tindall and Shi, p. 1100). He was burdened with the responsibility of getting a struggling nation back on its feet. He set out to accomplish this through a series of legislation known collectively as the New Deal. Roosevelt began by
Roosevelt. The situation during his presidency was somewhat different, though. This was not a time of economic growth for anyone in the United States. This was a time of unprecedented economic depression. When Roosevelt was elected in 1932, one out of every four Americans was unemployed (Tindall and Shi, p. 1100). He was burdened with the responsibility of getting a struggling nation back on its feet. He set out to accomplish this through a series of legislation known collectively as the New Deal. Roosevelt began by