Herbert HooverWas elected in 1928. moths passed while he was in office and that's when the stock markets crashed. He tried to fix budget balances. Also, he tried to help the less fortunate as much as he could. Started a program called Reconstruction Finance Corporation which helped businesses and farmers.
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Franklin D. RooseveltIn his first day in office he started a program to help bring people out of the depression. Then he started the New Deal program that helped regulate the economy.
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Eleanor RooseveltShe was the first lady and was concerned about the youth during the time of the great depression. She started a program called the National Youth Administration which gave students part-time jobs to help out there families. She became a delegate to the United Nations because she worked with human right issues.
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