What caused the Great Depression? How did Franklin Roosevelt help to restore the economy?

[Bob]

The cause of the Great Depression was when the stock market crashed in September, 1929. FDR was not elected until 1932. After he became president he enacted a series of social aid bills (put together they were called the First New Deal). Many were struck down as being unconstitutional. Then In his second term he started the Second New Deal, one of the bills created jobs for the unemployed by building national highways like Route 66 (not freeways).
Many people though say FDR hardly helped bring us out of the Depression though since we never left it until we got involved in WWII. WWII created jobs for patriotic Americans because there was a spike in demand for metal, factory workers, soldiers, engineers, nurses, etc. Of course this sudden spike in demand also made us start a rationing system so we could have everything possible for the war.
So basically FDR helped, but what really gave us the push out of the Depression was the war.