Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal

Dorothea Lange captured the reality of the Great Depression in the faces of those who struggled most.

In the early 1930s, the Tennessee River Valley used to flood every spring. FDR created the Tennessee Valley Authority to fix the problem.

Elected in 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt was a reassuring presence for many Americans through the trials of the Great Depression.

Discover how one of the darkest economic times in American history helped the nation reinvent itself.