“Tomorrow the sun will come out. So you have to hold on until tomorrow. Whatever happens tomorrow! Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love you, tomorrow. You are always a day away!" The song "Tomorrow" from the musical "Annie" describes the optimistic vision that President Franklin D. Roosevelt tried to reveal to Americans. In the musical, which depicts the era of the Great Depression, Annie sings the song to Roosevelt and he urges his cabinet to sing along with him because it is important to have a positive outlook in difficult times. Then he and his cabinet come up with the “New Deal”. Roosevelt was elected in 1932 when the times were already hard and the economic catastrophe was only worsening after the stock market crash of 1929. Americans were losing their homes, were unemployed and focused only on the means to survive. Roosevelt, in his first 100 days in office, proposed the “New Deal ”, which aimed to lift people up and put the United States back on the road to recovery. Numerous consequences of the Great Depression pushed Americans to lose faith in their country, but the actions of President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave them hope through relief, recovery. and reforms. First, Americans faced many hardships during the Great Depression even with the programs that were in place, but once Franklin D. Roosevelt came to the presidency in 1932, he initiated many relief programs as part of the newly created “New Deal”. The goal of these relief programs was to provide immediate assistance to suffering Americans (wpl.os.org). Unemployment was flooding the country at never-before-seen levels. By 1933, unemployment reached 25 percent, leaving Americans suffering financially and emotionally. Historian Caroline Byrd wrote a book called...... middle of paper...... was healing. The worst financial crisis in U.S. history occurred during the Great Depression, leaving Americans stranded and desperate. how could it be; but the effects of Roosevelt's determination, actions, and programs gave Americans the strength and support to move forward. The fireside chats all along the way also made Americans feel they were on the right track with Roosevelt, and his candid discussions gave them confidence that the United States would do well. “Tomorrow” was always a day away, and optimism was key to surviving during the Great Depression. The three “Rs” that Roosevelt focused on paved the way for avoiding another crisis as damaging as the Depression, which was his ultimate goal in all of this. Fortunately, most of Roosevelt's "reform" programs provided stability to U.S. institutions, making the country's collapse nearly impossible..