Title: What Was the New Deal? | Living New Deal
Headings: What Was the New Deal?
What Was the New Deal?
Economic Recovery
Jobs, Wages and Income Security
Public Works and Modernization
Civic Uplift

Content: What Was the New Deal? | Living New Deal
What Was the New Deal? To find out more, click below for briefs on New Deal programs, New Deal leaders, New Deal Inclusion and The New Deal Worked, as well as a timeline of the New Deal. You can also use the pull down menu under “The New Deal” on any page
The New Deal was the effort by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who took office in 1933, to respond to the calamity of the Great Depression and alleviate the despair besetting America. FDR and the New Dealers launched scores of new programs to respond to a wide range of problems facing the country: stabilizing the banks and stimulating the economy, creating jobs and raising wages, investing in public works and modernizing lagging regions, and giving ordinary Americans a new sense of security and hope. The New Deal lasted until American entry into the Second World War at the end of 1942. In ten years it transformed the country and restored our faith in the ability of government to serve the people. Economic Recovery
National output had fallen by one-third from 1929 to 1933 and thousands of banks had collapsed, taking households savings with them. The New Deal stabilized the banks and cleaned up the financial mess left over from the Stock Market crash, allowing credit to flow again.