Franklin D. Roosevelt did not fail to keep his promise with America. He came up the 100 plan, part of the New Deal. His administration had present this to the congress which intend the recovered the economy, and to provide relief to unemployed and poor, and to reforms the aspect which he believe was the caused of the great depression and the collapse of economy. He would constantly fix it too when things did not work out in the plan. “The first step of the plan was ordering all banks closed until congress pass registration allowing banks to reopen, this is call bank holiday”.(biography.com) The session intended to end the depositors' runs, which were threatening to destroy the nation's entire banking system. The 2 main key of the 100 days plan are NIRA, and AAA, Glass Steagall act.
He established Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) which force higher prices for commodities by paying farmers to not plan crop and to reduce productions which reducing the surpluses that kept commodity prices low. The subsidies were to be generated from taxes on the processing of the commodities. The program gradually succeeded by raising the income of the farmers.
The National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) of 1933 was 2 program plan tried to end cutthroat competition by forcing industries to come up with codes that established the rules of operation for all firms within specific industries, such as minimum prices, agreements not to compete, and production restrictions It put 3.3 $ billion to spend through Public Works Administration to stimulate the economy.
Glass Steagall was signed by Roosevelt after he closed all the banks and inspected them. In order to make the Americans trusted the bank gain, he signed this act. This act created the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation). Whenever there was a decline in economy, the bank would back up with money up to 5000$.
The New Deal was a successful. It was able to relief the unemployed who was about to lose their home and increase to increase the rate of employment by giving them jobs.
New Deal 2
Roosevelt was satisfied by that the economy of 1932-1933 began to rise. However the economy was till far below the stock market clash and there was still 12% of unemployment. In order to recover more of the economy, he pass the New Deal, the second new deal, consist of social security act , and the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Social Security Act established the first economic safety net which provided unemployment and disabilities insurance and old-age pension. The WPA provided the unemployed with useful work that would help to maintain their skills and bolster their self-respect which result in employment of 2.1 millions workers on projects such as road, airports, and etc. 
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