Analyze the responses of Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration to the problems of the Great Depression. How effective were these responses? How did they change the role of the federal government? Use the documents and your knowledge of the period 1929-1941 to construct your essay.

It is almost universally accepted that FDR's New Deal programs were incredibly effective in combating the woes of the Great Depression. FDR took great risks, and when something didn't work he tried another. They changed the US government forever in terms of making it a far more proactive and liberal body.