Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal programs for relief and works projects were beneficial to America’s economic collapse while helping the nation as a whole. Before these programs, however, the nation was in a most needy state. On October 24th 1929 a day known as "Black Thursday" came. The stock market crashed and so did the economy. Unemployment ran rapid through the country whereas millions of Americans were out of work and money. The nation …showed first 75 words of 2216 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2216 total…Archives. 11 Sept. 2000. 19 Oct. 2000. http://www.archives.state.co.us/wpa/home.htm Woog, p. 64 Out from Under: A ‘New Deal’. 19 Oct. 2000. 19 Oct. 2000. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/centennial/may/newdeal.html Ibid. Denny, James. OzarksWatch. 19 Oct. 2000. 19 Oct. 2000. http://198.209.8.166/ozarkswatch/ow703e.htm Works Progress Administration. 19 Oct. 2000. 19 Oct. 2000. http://www.africana.com/tt_117.htm Ibid. Merle Curti, Rise of the American Nation (New York: Haircourt, Brace & World, 1961) p. 710 Whitney, p. 284 Leuchtenburg, p. 15 Bibliography sorry- I lost them!