ht of labor to engage in self - organization and to bargain collectively through representatives of its own choice; and the Social Security Act provided for federal - state unemployment insurance as well as providing security for old age.When Franklin Delano Roosevelt entered office in 1933, most Americans were simply getting by on a wing and a prayer, if that much.FDR and his New Deal helped put America back on the map as an industrial power. The new program had the right features in order to get America back on her feet, and allowed for much new legislation to pass which are still in effect protecting Americans today. If it had not been for the setup of the program with the problems that needed to be taken care of immediately actually coming first, and long - term things put into perspective in advance, it may have taken much longer to put the country back together again....
