The New Deal

Relief Recovery Reform

What was the New Deal?

The New Deal was the set of federal programs launched by President Franklin D. Roosevelt after taking office in 1933, in response to the calamity of the Great Depression.

It had four major goals and achievements:

•Economic Recovery: The New Deal stabilized the banks and cleaned up the financial mess left over from the Stock Market crash of 1929.  It stabilized prices for industry and agriculture, and it aided bankrupt state and local governments.

•Job Creation: One in four Americans was out of work by 1933.  The New Deal created a number of special agencies that provided jobs for millions of workers.

It had four major goals and achievements:

•Investment in Public Works:  The New Deal built hundreds of thousands of highways, bridges, hospitals, schools, theaters, libraries, city halls, homes, post offices, airports, and parks across America—most of which are still in use today.

•Civic Uplift:  The New Deal touched every state, city, and town, improving the lives of ordinary people and reshaping the public sphere.

    President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) was elected president in 1932 and created a "New Deal" in his first 100 days of office.

Relief was aimed at providing temporary help to suffering and unemployed Americans.

Recovery was designed to help the economy bounce back.

Reform targeted the causes of the Depression and sought to prevent a crisis like this from happening again.