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Franklin Roosevelt was 32nd president of the US 1933-45, a Democrat. He served as governor of New York 1929-33. Becoming president during the Great Depression, he launched the New Deal economic and social reform program, which made him popular with the people. After the outbreak of World War II he introduced lend-lease for the supply of war materials and services to the Allies and drew up the Atlantic Charter of solidarity. Once the US had …

…i. WPA ii. AAA iii. CCC iv. TVA v. SEC vi. FDIC vii. NRA viii. NIRA ix. PWA There were several causes of the Great Depression. The Dust Bowl was a main cause even though the farmers were already in a depression . Speculation of what might happen was also a main cause, and then the stock market crash. And also only a few people had basically all the money, and companies had too many products.