<P> The Depression caused major political changes in America . Three years into the depression , President Herbert Hoover , widely blamed for not doing enough to combat the crisis , lost the election of 1932 to Franklin Delano Roosevelt in a landslide . Roosevelt 's economic recovery plan , the New Deal , instituted unprecedented programs for relief , recovery and reform , and brought about a major realignment of American politics . </P>
<P> The Depression caused major political changes in America . Three years into the depression , President Herbert Hoover , widely blamed for not doing enough to combat the crisis , lost the election of 1932 to Franklin Delano Roosevelt in a landslide . Roosevelt 's economic recovery plan , the New Deal , instituted unprecedented programs for relief , recovery and reform , and brought about a major realignment of American politics . </P>
who was the president during the great depresion
who was the president during the great depresion
Herbert Hoover Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover Franklin Delano Roosevelt