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New Deal vs. Great Society

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.

Great Society

noun

  1. the goal of the Democratic Party under the leadership of President Lyndon B. Johnson, chiefly to enact domestic programs to improve education, provide medical care for the aged, and eliminate poverty.