New Deal
Definition
The New Deal was a series of programs and projects instituted during the Great Depression by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that aimed to restore prosperity to Americans.
Analogy
Think about your computer crashing and losing all your work. The New Deal would be like hitting 'restore' - it's not going to bring back everything exactly as it was before, but it will help get things running again with new files (programs) designed for recovery.
Related terms
Social Security Act: An act passed by Congress as part of the Second New Deal that provided pensions for retirees, unemployment insurance, and aid for certain groups including disabled people and single mothers.
Works Progress Administration (WPA): One major element of FDR’s New Deal aiming to provide jobs for the unemployed during the Great Depression. It funded public works projects like roads, bridges, schools, and more.
The Dust Bowl: A period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s; severe drought and a failure to apply dryland farming methods to prevent wind erosion caused the phenomenon.
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- Lyndon Johnson's Great Society programs designed to expand some of the social reforms of the New Deal were partially inspired by the book:
- Which of the following New Deal programs is correctly matched with the population primarily served by its effects.
- How did the New Deal change American perspective on government regulation in the economy?
- FDR's New Deal aligned with which type of economics?
- How did the New Deal change the American perspective on government regulation in the economy?
- Which of the following was NOT a goal of the New Deal?
- Which of the following was a major criticism of the New Deal from the political right?
- Which of the following was a major criticism of the New Deal from the political left?
- Which of the following was NOT a program created by the New Deal?
- Which New Deal program was created to provide jobs and stimulate economic recovery by funding public works projects?
- What was the main goal of the New Deal?
- Which president implemented the New Deal in response to the Great Depression?
- What is a common thread between the Gilded Age, the Progressive Era, and the New Deal in terms of economic policy?
- Which Act passed in the New Deal era was aimed at improving labor relations?
- Who was the US President during the Great Depression and implemented the New Deal?
- What impact did the New Deal have on American government?
- How does Franklin D Roosevelt's New Deal compare with Lyndon B Johnson's Great Society in terms of their main objective?
- What would have likely been the effect on the Great Depression had the government not implemented the New Deal?
- Which legislation of the New Deal created jobs through public works projects?
- Who was instrumental in the New Deal's federal relief programs as an administrator and close advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt?
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