Essay Assignment Two

Despite what appeared to be a robust economy during the 1920s, it quickly resulted with the onset of the Great Depression during the 1930s. In your essays, describe the underlying problems of the economy during the 1920s, and how those problems led to the collapse of the stock market in 1929 and a decade of economic depression. Discuss the attempts of the administration of President Herbert Hoover to resolve the crisis, and especially examine how President Franklin Roosevelt through the first and second New Deals, brought relief, recovery, and reform to the economy. Likewise, describe how Roosevelts leadership abilities brought new hope to Americans in need.