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.

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.

Other Word Forms

• New Dealer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of New Deal¹

1830–35, as political catchphrase during the Jackson presidency

Example Sentences

It was praised by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and built support for New Deal programs, such as federal migrant camps, and for union-organizing efforts.

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During the Great Depression, the Works Projects Administration, a New Deal agency created to combat unemployment, established 14 emergency nursery schools in New York.

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They worked in the shadow of what scholars and commentators called “the liberal consensus” that was formed around the New Deal and, later, the civil rights revolution.

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That approach influenced the 1935 Wagner Act, which established the National Labor Relations Board, and other New Deal policies.

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The New Deal did so by deflecting, redirecting and heeding popular demands.

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