Before FDR took office, President Herbert Hoover was blamed for the conditions people were living in during the Great Depression. Below is an article on Hoovervilles.
After Franklin D. Roosevelt took office in 1933, he became determined to take aggressive actions to reverse the effects of the Great Depression. Some of the steps he took involved creating multiple federally funded programs he called "the New Deal" and speaking to the public using the radio regularly.
Homework: Look up 3 Fireside Chat Transcripts/videos or 3 New Deal programs and explain how these calmed the reactions of people during the depression as well as repair the economy.