Title: New Deal - encyclopedia article - Citizendium
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New Deal
Contents
Background
Overview: the three Rs
The New Deal programs
The Financial Sector
"Bank Holiday" and the Emergency Banking Relief Act
Economy Act
Banking Act
Federal Securities Act
Relief programs
Recovery programmes
The Farm Programs
Infrastructure Projects
Industrial Policies
The effects of the New Deal programs
Social implications
Political implications
The New Deal's constitutionality
Economic implications
Recovery
References

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The New Deal was President Franklin Delano Roosevelt 's legislative program. As implemented during the 1933-1938 period, it included numerous congressional enactments and presidential orders that were intended to provide economic relief, recovery, and reform. Its purposes were to relieve the suffering of the American people in the throes of the Great Depression, and its execution
(For an annotated list of New Deal measures and institutions see the addendum subpage)
(For the sequence of New Deal legislative measures see the timelines subpage)
Contents
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1 Background
2 Overview: the three Rs
3 The New Deal programs
3.1 The Financial Sector
3.1.1 "Bank Holiday" and the Emergency Banking Relief Act
3.1.2 Economy Act
3.1.3 Banking Act
3.1.4 Federal Securities Act
3.2 Relief programs
3.3 Recovery programmes
3.3.1 The Farm Programs
3.3.2 Infrastructure Projects
3.3.3 Industrial Policies
4 The effects of the New Deal programs
4.1 Social implications
4.2 Political implications
4.2.1 The New Deal's constitutionality
4.3 Economic implications
4.3.1 Recovery
5 References
Background
Roosevelt first promised "a new deal for the American people" in his acceptance speech at the 1932 Democratic National Convention. (The background to the New Deal is described in the article on the Great Depression in the United States and its economic implications and international context are described in the article on the Great Depression .) Overview: the three Rs
The New Deal had three components: