Combatting Economic Depression

Continuing to fight the Great Depression, President Roosevelt's New Deal created federal programs to stabilize the economy, provide relief, and create jobs for millions of Americans. After FDR began his radio broadcasts, many Americans heard a president's voice for the first time, and his confident, plain-spoken fireside chats reassured people even as many New Deal programs failed and the Depression continued. He easily won reelection to a second term in 1936. His administrations created more than 75 new programs to combat the Depression, including the C.C.C., F.C.C., F.D.I.C., F.H.A., N.L.R.B., S.S.B., and T.V.A., and Social Security remained one of the lasting New Deal programs.

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