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New Deal

From Encyclopedia of American Studies
The New Deal refers to both the presidential administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt (1932–1945) and its legislative response to the Great Depression and World War II. Most historians recognize three distinct New Deal eras. During the first New Deal era (1933–1935), policy was governed by conventional economic wisdom and confined its attention to short-term relief, business recovery, and the stability of the banking system. During the second New Deal era (1935–1937), policy turned to more dramatic solutions, including the landmark Social Security Act and the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), both enacted in 1935. During the third New Deal era (1937–1945), reformers retreated somewhat in the face of opposition from congressional conservatives and populist critics, the persistence of the Depression, and the very different challenges posed by mobilization for World War II. While meager by international standards and disappointing to many on the Left, the New Deal marked a dramatic…
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From Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
The New Deal was a series of liberal reforms initiated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt (in office 1933–45) between 1933 and 1938. The reforms constituted the Roosevelt administration's response to the Great Depression (1929–39), a severe economic downturn that had begun in the summer of 1929, …
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From The Princeton Encyclopedia of American Political History
By 1932 the United States was in the third year of the worst economic depression in its history. Industrial production stood at half the level of 1929. Nearly one in four Americans was unemployed. For those lucky enough to still be employed, average weekly earnings dropped from $25 to $15. Under…
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From The Great American History Fact-Finder
( 1933–1939 ), umbrella label for a wide range of programs adopted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to offer relief and stimulate economic recovery from the Great Depression of the 1930s. In his speech accepting the presidential nomination at the 1932 Democratic National Convention, Roosevelt…
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From Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices
The programs and policies for economic recovery and social reform advanced by the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt are collectively known as the New Deal. Most New Deal programs were intended as short-term solutions to facilitate economic growth during the Great Depression. Others, …
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From Encyclopedia of African-American Politics
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The New Deal—the set of reform programs inaugurated by Franklin D. Roosevelt in the midst of the depression during the 1930s—represents one of the great transformations in United States history, comparable to the changes brought about by the Civil War and Reconstruction of the 1860s and the Civil…
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From The Reader's Companion to American History
Franklin D. Roosevelt accepted the Democratic nomination for president in 1932 by promising “a new deal for the American people,” a phrase that has endured as a label for his administration and its many domestic achievements. The New Deal consisted of many different efforts to end the Great…
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1933–1939 In his acceptance speech at the 1932 Democratic National Convention, Franklin Delano Roosevelt pledged “a new deal for the American people.” The term was subsequently used to describe the spate of government programs and reform laws enacted during the first months of Roosevelt's presidency…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
in U.S. history, term for the domestic reform program of the administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt ; it was first used by Roosevelt in his speech accepting the Democratic party nomination for President in 1932. The New Deal is generally considered to have consisted of two phases. The first…
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The New Deal was a collection of policies and government reforms initiated by the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration (1933–1945) to address the economic downturn known as the Great Depression. Although many of its particular programs, such as the Works Progress Administration, no longer exist, …
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