Was FDR trying to save Capitalism?

He pursued o policy of active gov't intervention in the economy, called the New Deal. It included an increased program of public works. The Works Progress Administration (WPA), established in 1935, was a gov't organization employing about 3 million people at its highest. Workers built bridges, roads, post offices, and airports.

Roosevelt also created a U.S. welfare system. it gave old-age pensions and unemployment insurance.