New Deal

(noun)

A series of relief programs and reforms introduced to provide federal assistance to Americans and boost the economy during the Great Depression. Most of the programs were introduced  during the first term of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's presidency (1933-1937). 

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  • Henry Morgenthau Jr.
  • America First
  • Conservative Manifesto
  • Recession of 1937
  • Reconstruction Finance Corporation
  • Justice Owen Roberts
  • Court-packing plan
  • 8
  • Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act
  • Emergency Relief and Construction Act
  • New Deal Coalition
  • New Frontier
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • Housing Act of 1949 and 1950
  • Taft-Hartley Act
  • Truman Doctrine
  • Conservative Coalition
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  • Fair Deal

(noun)

The New Deal was a series of economic programs implemented in the United States between 1933 and 1936 during Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration.

Related Terms

  • Henry Morgenthau Jr.
  • America First
  • Conservative Manifesto
  • Recession of 1937
  • Reconstruction Finance Corporation
  • Justice Owen Roberts
  • Court-packing plan
  • 8
  • Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act
  • Emergency Relief and Construction Act
  • New Deal Coalition
  • New Frontier
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • Housing Act of 1949 and 1950
  • Taft-Hartley Act
  • Truman Doctrine
  • Conservative Coalition
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  • Fair Deal

(noun)

The New Deal was a series of economic programs implemented in the United States between 1933 and 1938 during Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration.

Related Terms

  • Henry Morgenthau Jr.
  • America First
  • Conservative Manifesto
  • Recession of 1937
  • Reconstruction Finance Corporation
  • Justice Owen Roberts
  • Court-packing plan
  • 8
  • Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act
  • Emergency Relief and Construction Act
  • New Deal Coalition
  • New Frontier
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • Housing Act of 1949 and 1950
  • Taft-Hartley Act
  • Truman Doctrine
  • Conservative Coalition
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  • Fair Deal

(noun)

A series of programs and reforms introduced during the Great Depression in order to combat the consequences of the most disastrous economic crisis in the country's history.  Most of the programs and reforms were introduced  during the first term of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's presidency (1933-1937).  

Related Terms

  • Henry Morgenthau Jr.
  • America First
  • Conservative Manifesto
  • Recession of 1937
  • Reconstruction Finance Corporation
  • Justice Owen Roberts
  • Court-packing plan
  • 8
  • Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act
  • Emergency Relief and Construction Act
  • New Deal Coalition
  • New Frontier
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • Housing Act of 1949 and 1950
  • Taft-Hartley Act
  • Truman Doctrine
  • Conservative Coalition
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  • Fair Deal

(noun)

A series of economic programs implemented in the United States between 1933 and 1936 during Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration.

Related Terms

  • Henry Morgenthau Jr.
  • America First
  • Conservative Manifesto
  • Recession of 1937
  • Reconstruction Finance Corporation
  • Justice Owen Roberts
  • Court-packing plan
  • 8
  • Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act
  • Emergency Relief and Construction Act
  • New Deal Coalition
  • New Frontier
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • Housing Act of 1949 and 1950
  • Taft-Hartley Act
  • Truman Doctrine
  • Conservative Coalition
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  • Fair Deal

(noun)

This term names the series of economic programs implemented in the United States between 1933 and 1936 during Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration.

Related Terms

  • Henry Morgenthau Jr.
  • America First
  • Conservative Manifesto
  • Recession of 1937
  • Reconstruction Finance Corporation
  • Justice Owen Roberts
  • Court-packing plan
  • 8
  • Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act
  • Emergency Relief and Construction Act
  • New Deal Coalition
  • New Frontier
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • Housing Act of 1949 and 1950
  • Taft-Hartley Act
  • Truman Doctrine
  • Conservative Coalition
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  • Fair Deal

Examples of New Deal in the following topics:

  • Conclusion: The Legacy of the New Deal

  • Challenges to the New Deal

    • The New Deal faced growing opposition from conservatives in both political parties and attracted criticism among business leaders.
    • The American Liberty League was a non-partisan organization formed in 1934 in opposition to the New Deal.
    • The court-packing plan strengthened conservative opposition to the New Deal.
    • The Coalition's members did not form a solid anti-New Deal legislation voting bloc.
    • The results of the 1938 midterm election demonstrated that the dissatisfaction with New Deal policies grew.
  • Conclusion: The Legacy of the New Deal

    • However, historians continue to debate the significance and legacy of the New Deal.
    • Other historians assess the legacy of the New Deal depending on their own political stand.
    • Historians agree that the New Deal resulted in critical changes in the U.S. political landscape.
    • The New Deal also dramatically changed the two main political parties in the United States.
    • In the 1960s, the New Deal would inspire President Lyndon B.
  • A Halfway Revolution

    • The New Deal is often called the "halfway revolution," because many argue that the New Deal did not go far enough.
    • The New Deal has often been called the "halfway revolution. " Essentially, this critique of the New Deal claims that the New Deal did not go far enough in its social or economic reforms.
    • Despite the criticisms that the New Deal did not go "far enough," the New Deal was at least a "halfway" revolution, a major step for liberalism in the United States.
    • In this way, it is argued that the New Deal was only a "halfway revolution. "
    • As mentioned, while it is often criticized that the New Deal did not go far enough as far as social reform, the United States has a number of social welfare programs that trace their legacy to the New Deal era.
  • Launching the New Deal

    • Some of the most important programs and reforms of the First New Deal were:
    • Public work projects were an essential component of the job creation program under the New Deal.
    • While the Second New Deal was a continuation of the First New Deal, reforms and programs labeled as the Second New Deal were less a result of the earlier sense of emergency and more a reflection of bolder attitudes.  
    • The New Deal was always about fixing capitalism rather than replacing it with a state-regulated economy.
    • The most important programs of the second stage of the New Deal were:
  • Political Critiques of the New Deal

    • Others saw the New Deal as a manifestation of socialism or communism.
    • The American Liberty League was a non-partisan organization formed in 1934 in opposition to the New Deal.
    • Although Roosevelt did not endorse Sinclair, the program influenced later New Deal policies.
    • However, by 1934, he became one of the harshest critics of the New Deal.
    • Another popular challenger of the New Deal was Francis Townsend, a physician from California.
  • The Last of the New Deal Reforms

    • Historians continue to debate when the New Deal ended.
    • Although traditionally the New Deal is divided into two stages (First New Deal, 1933-34/5 and Second New Deal 1935-38), some historians refer to the final phase of the New Deal as the Third New Deal.
    • The Third New Deal usually refers to the period around and following the Recession of 1937-38 with some pointing to the the 1939 Reorganization Act (which allowed the President to reorganize the executive branch) as the end of the final phase of the New Deal.  
    • Despite the continuous economic crisis and hardships, the New Deal was largely over by 1939, where this family was seeking New Deal benefits.
    • Examine the last New Deal programs pushed through by the Roosevelt administration
  • Opposition from the Courts

    • Roosevelt's purpose was to obtain favorable rulings regarding New Deal legislation that had been previously ruled unconstitutional.
    • During Roosevelt's first term, the Supreme Court had struck down several New Deal measures intended to bolster economic recovery during the Great Depression, leading to charges from New Deal supporters that a narrow majority of the court was obstructionist and political.
    • Additionally, many Justice Department lawyers were ideologically opposed to the New Deal and failed to influence either the drafting or review of much of the White House's New Deal legislation.
    • However, early wins for New Deal supporters came in Home Building & Loan Association v.
    • Presided over the New Deal Era.
  • Neglected Americans and the New Deal

    • Neither Roosevelt nor the New Deal agenda attempted to battle segregation, particularly in the South.
    • Some of the First New Deal flagship programs either excluded or even hurt African Americans.
    • However, other New Deal programs produced much more positive outcomes for African Americans.
    • The same was true for the New Deal programs that focused on arts (e.g., Federal Project Number One).  
    • Evaluate to what extent African Americans and women benefitted from New Deal policies
  • The New Dealers

    • The New Deal Coalition consisted of interest groups and voting blocs that supported Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal policies.
    • The groups that overwhelmingly aligned with Democrats and Roosevelt's New Deal agenda formed what would be known as the New Deal Coalition.
    • The New Deal Coalition emerged in 1932 but solidified during the 1936 election.
    • Additionally to the New Deal Coalition, Roosevelt also attracted a new group of officials who both shaped and supported his agenda.
    • Identify the interest groups that made up the New Deal Coalition
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