‘The worst fraud ever perpetuated on the American people’
Achievements: Halved the number of unemployed between 1933 and 1939. The role of the government was changed - FEA and WPA gave people hope. Social Security Act introduced a national system of pensions and benefits Provisions of relief and benefits led to more citizens involved in elections
Failures By 1941 there was still 9 million unemployed FDR had not been as imaginative as some claim he still followed traditional economic policies of balancing the budget. The USA was one of the slowest economies to recover from the crash.
