President+Roosevelt

On the morning of March 4 of 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, one of America's most well known presidents, was elected for his first term. Because President Roosevelt came into office during one of America's most desperate times, many people were affraid and unsure about him. At this time 16 million people were out of work, the banking systems had collapsed, and a large part of America's middle class was slipping into the lower class. A large amount of people were worried that Roosevelt was not qualified to be a president at such a difficult time and they did not believe that he would be able to stabalize America.

Countering many of these thoughts, F.D.R. created the Public Works Administration (PWA) to help give jobs to many unimployed people. The PWA built things from a water -supply system for Denver to bridges connecting Key West with the Florida mainland. Over six billion dollars and 4.75 billion hours of labor were invested in these various structures. That means that there was a boom in employment because of the PWA.