The government took control of the industrial power of the US and made many business produce material for the war. The role of government changed to where they had much more control over the economy and the major corporations which they previously had little control over, especially in the beginning of the 1900’s where it seemed they had no control.
Those ways were:
overrode his veto of a resolution to limit presidential war powers; investigation of Watergate; and impeachment recommendations.
One major way president franklin D. Roosevelt's new deal tried to combat the effects of the great depression was by setting up public programs such as the Works Progress Administration, which put people to work.