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The Great Depression swept across the nation like a hurricane, blowing away capital, jobs, and progress. Millions lost their jobs while millions more lost their homes and farms as well. Hope seemed lost while the natural functions of capitalism did not seem capable of moving the nation from the grips of financial crisis.

President Franklin Roosevelt, cousin of the reform President Theodore Roosevelt, vowed to use the government to counter the depression. Roosevelt's "New Deal" invested billions of dollars into the economy while regulating banks and finance companies. While the success o