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The Great Depression, which started with a stock market crash in 1929 and ended with the US entry in World War II significantly helped shape the America that we know today. The Great Depression increased the role of government and daily life, it modified the way the stock market was run, and abolished the trust of the common person in business. The Great Depression also brought about reforms to areas which would have not been given the opportunity to reform themselves in the past. During the time of the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was not only the president but also a very significant person during this era, passed many new bills and acts which added to the government influence in every day life. One of these bills, the Social Security Act, which was revolutionary at the time, still remains very important to US citizens today. This act, the Social Security Act stated that a monthly payment would be given to former workers above a set age. It is now deemed necessary by the majority of the United States citizens to support themselves. The Public Utility A