... society.         The New Deal focused on Roosevelt's three R's: relief, recovery and reform. He wanted to relieve people from suffering, create reforms so that the great depression will never happen again and to recover the economy. Amid the foundation of the new deal, the balance of power moved in between congress and the presidency, with the president picking ... that during Roosevelt's twelve years in office, there was a huge escalation in the power of the national government in general. Roosevelt additionally settled the administration as the conspicuous focus of power insid...

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