Between the 8th of March and June 16th, in what later got to be known as the "First Hundred Days," Congress took after Roosevelt's lead by passing fifteen different bills which framed the premise of the New Deal. “The New Deal” helped many people in America, but it did not really end the Great Depression. “Relief” was aimed toward providing help for unemployed Americans. At the time when Roosevelt took office, about 13 million Americans were out of a