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All that we do seeks to fulfill the historic traditions of the American people

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All that we do seeks to fulfill the historic traditions of the American people. Other nations may sacrifice democracy for the transitory stimulation of old and discredited autocracies. We are restoring confidence and well-being under the rule of the people themselves. We remain, as John Marshall said a century ago, 'emphatically and truly, a government of the people.' Our government 'in form and in substance. ... emanates from them. Its powers are granted by them, and are to be exercised directly on them, and for their benefits.'"—Franklin D. Roosevelt, from his Fireside Chat "Review of the Achievements of the Seventy-third Congress," June 28, 1934

"In our generation, a new idea has come to dominate thought about government, the idea that the resources of the nation can be made to produce a far higher standard of living for the masses of the people if only government is intelligent and energetic in giving the right direction to economic life. That ideal makes understandable the demands of labor for shorter hours and higher wages, the demands of farmers for a more stable income, the demands of the great majority of business men for relief from disruptive trade practices, the demands of all for the end of that kind of license, often mistermed 'Liberty,' which permits a handful of the population to take far more than its tolerable share from the rest of the people."—Franklin D. Roosevelt, from his "Address on Constitution Day," September 17, 1937

Which of the following describes the result(s) of Roosevelt's relief policies mentioned in these excerpts? (1 point)