How Did President Hoover's New Deal Impacted The Great Depression?

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During the roaring 20’s America started falling into a Great Depression, many people blamed president Hoover for this problem, when it was time for a new president Franklin Roosevelt took over the office. He attempted many programs to renew jobs and tried to bring the cycle of money back into the economy. Although, not every program worked, many programs of his we still use today. Around 1933 was when the first New Deal was created, the Civilian Conservation Corps or otherwise known as the C.C.C program was built to restore jobs for young men by working for the public as well as conservation projects. The C.C.C was operated under the control of the army, over time about 500,00 young men in 1935 lived in C.C.C camps anywhere from 6 months

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