"There are very few things that we can know before hand. We will try, and if we decide that we are wrong, we will have to change." --Franklin Delano Roosevelt about his promise of a New Deal for the forgotten man.'
These are the words of a courageous man who demonstrated inspiration and hope to a country that had appeared to have spun out of economic control, a country in desperation.
On October 24th, 1929, the stock market crashed, causing a domino effect on the American public during the first years of the 1930's. The standard of living dropped dramatically, millions, more than one-fourth, of people were put out of work, banks were closed, international trade was stagnant, homeless families roamed streets, farms were foreclosed; all faith in capitalism had diminished. The topple of the economy was caused by an uneven distribution of wealth that allowed for luxurious spending and gambling on the stock market, which encouraged large corporations to produce more than could be......
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