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A 6 page paper which examines the changes Franklin D. Roosevelt brought to government. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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He and his administration were faced with numerous decisions, numerous social and economic problems as well as global problems. Because of the turmoil in almost every realm of the nation
it became all but necessary for big changes and it seems as though FDR was just the man to make those changes. He changed the structure of the government in
many ways in relationship to how it operated and also expanded the powers that the President possessed. The following paper examines this historical time as it relates to change and
FDR. FDR and Change When FDR came to office in 1933 the nation, as well as the world, was suffering from
the Great Depression. In the previous administration of Hoover there were many who argued that nothing was done and that Hoover essentially sat on his hands without action. But, FDR
seems to have immediately took control and ultimately changed the nation, if not the world as well. One author notes that, "It
was FDR and the Democratic party that inaugurated all the socio-economic programs we know today as the SAFETY NET."1 The elements of government that he introduced were social security, retirement
programs, unemployment insurance, disability insurance, environmental laws, child labor laws, farm (and other) subsidies, forest preserves, public power, and many other institutions and acts.2
What made this unique, and illustrates how FDR expanding the power of the government, in relationship to all houses, involves the fact that "All the laws had a common
characteristic; the U.S. Government would control everything from A to Z."3 FDR engaged in such activities because he believed that the private sector was incompetent, that nothing had been done
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