New Deal

noun

1. the principles of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, especially those advocated under the leadership of President Franklin D. Roosevelt for economic recovery and social reforms.
2. the domestic program of the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration, especially during the period from 1933 to 1941.

New Deal

noun

1. the domestic policies of Franklin D. Roosevelt for economic and social reform
2. the period of the implementation of these policies (1933–40)

New Deal

1. A group of government programs and policies established under President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s; the New Deal was designed to improve conditions for persons suffering in the Great Depression . The projects of the New Deal included the Social Security System , the Tennessee Valley Authority , and the Works Progress Administration .

Notes

The New Deal remains controversial. Some have criticized it as too expensive and have called it an inadvisable expansion of federal control over the American economy. Others have insisted that the New Deal was an appropriate response to desperate conditions and produced programs of continuing value.

Derived Forms

• New Dealer, noun

Other Words From

• New Dealer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of New Deal¹

1830–35, as political catchphrase during the Jackson presidency

Example Sentences

His New Deal Coalition brought together Southerners, Northern ethnic minorities, and urban blacks under the same banner.

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The TVA, a federally owned and chartered electric power provider, is a New Deal legacy just like Social Security.

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The families announced along with it that they had entered a “phase of silence” surrounding the details of the new deal.

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Here, Burns and Ward not only introduce us to the diverse projects and achievements of the New Deal.

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The President did not want to alienate Southern legislators whose votes he needed on his New Deal legislation.

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Pierre, pull a few more tricks like that and I'll call for a new deal.

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Now the “Kid” rode back to camp and told the dozen cowboys there of his new deal.

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When it means a stable government, like we used to have back home before the New Deal, I'm for it.

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At any rate, after thirty years of Republican half-success and half-failure, here was the chance for a new deal.

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There followed much proposing and counter-proposing and, at last, an entirely new deal.

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