The New Deal was a set of federal programs launched by President Franklin D. Roosevelt after taking office in 1933 in response to the Great Depression. It had four major goals: economic recovery by stabilizing banks and prices; job creation through agencies that employed millions; investment in public works like infrastructure; and civic uplift that improved lives and reshaped the public sphere. The New Deal helped the economy recover in the short term and established the precedent of an active federal government role in long term.

1. The New Deal
Relief Recovery Reform

2. 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.

3. The New Deal Roosevelt had promised the American people began to take shape
immediately after his inauguration in March 1933. Based on the assumption that the power
of the federal government was needed to get the country out of the depression, the first
days of Roosevelt's administration saw the passage of banking reform laws, emergency relief
programs, work relief programs, and agricultural programs.
Later, a second New Deal was to evolve; it included union protection programs, the Social
Security Act, and programs to aid tenant farmers and migrant workers. Many of the New
Deal acts or agencies came to be known by their acronyms. For example, the Works
Progress Administration was known as the WPA, while the Civilian Conservation Corps was
known as the CCC. Many people remarked that the New Deal programs reminded them of
alphabet soup.
By 1939, the New Deal had run its course. In the short term, New Deal programs helped
improve the lives of people suffering from the events of the depression. In the long run,
New Deal programs set a precedent for the federal government to play a key role in the
economic and social affairs of the nation.

4. 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.

5. 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.

7. 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.