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During the 1930's, America witnessed a breakdown of the Democratic and free enterprise system as the United States fell into the worst Depression in history. The effects of the depression were being felt everywhere in the United States. In 1933, sixteen million people were unemployed. Americans wanted and needed a change. They proved this by electing Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932. This was the beginning of a new period in time for Americans, as Roosevelt would introduce …

…policies. It also with increased understanding of the economic consequences of its own taxing, borrowing, and spending, helping the government to limit the impact of later recessions. The New Deal changed the relationship between the government and the people of the United States. In addition to increasing the involvement of the government in people's lives, the New Deal created a number of agencies that still exist, and it stimulated the growth of the Democratic Party.