How well did the New Deal combat the Depression?

When Roosevelt took office, in 1933, he had three goals in mind, to save the banks, save the people, and to rebuild the economy. He set his sights on returning the banks to their prosperous days of the pre-depression age.         Since the beginning of the Depression, banks were closing faster than the people could withdraw all of their money. He countered this by closing all the banks and had Congress pass an Emergency Banking Act that …

…price for those products would rise and consequently sales would climb. This would then restore the balance of the normal market. They hoped that through all their efforts the final result would be prosperity.         Roosevelt's actions at a time where leadership was needed immensely helped this country to return to its once prosperous hay days. His actions turned this country around for the better and brought our great country out of a very severe depression.