another contributor to changing the role of government in the 1930s was president franklin delano roosevelt. fdr was important because of his creation of the new deal, which was a program that would offer relief, recovery, and reform to the american nation. in terms of relief, new organizations, such as the works progress administration, saved many u.s. lives. the reform aspect was indeed the most influential in the new deal, for it forever changed the role of government in the u.s. economy. in essence, it was the beginning of fiscal policy. it was the first time that the government took an active role in attempting to secure american individuals from unseen drastic changes in the market.