Many blamed the policies of President Herbert Hoover for the Great Depression, or at least blamed his lack of policy for the Depression. So, when it was time to elect our president in 1932, Americans wanted a change. And, they got a big change in Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Roosevelt was a very active president, who inspired confidence in the American people. His sweeping social policies were called the New Deal. New Deal legislation was designed to pull America out of the Depression and put Americans to work. Whether the New Deal accomplished this can be argued, because an even bigger event was on the horizon that definitely would pull America out of her economic hardships. The older classes learned all about FDR and the New Deal. And, the Five in a Row class read the book, "Katy No Pocket." They then made aprons of their own--with pockets--just like Katy's!
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