New Deal era
Depression recovery period
The New Deal era refers to the period of American history during Franklin D.
Roosevelt's presidency (1933–1945), characterized by sweeping federal programs addressing the Great Depression.
The term evokes government intervention, social safety nets, and economic reform: New Deal era policies, New Deal era liberalism.
It often frames discussions of government's proper role in the economy.
- Civilian Conservation CorpsDepression-era youth employment program
- Tennessee Valley AuthorityFederal regional power corporation
- Social Security Act1935 federal welfare law
- relief programsOrganized assistance for hardship
- FDRDepression-era presidential initials
bread lines · public works · fireside chats · alphabet agencies · bank holiday · court packing · labor unions · Great Depression · Dust Bowl · Eleanor Roosevelt
- US HistoryAmerican Revolution, US history, Civil War, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln
- historical erasStone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Middle Ages, Renaissance
- presidencyOval Office, president, Washington, executive branch, veto
- Economic ErasGreat Depression, Industrial Revolution, Gilded Age, Roaring Twenties, Great Recession
- civil servicecivil servants, bureaucrat, civil servant, administrator, clerk
economic policy philosophy
New Deal eralaissez-faire
Noninterference in commerce
Reaganomics · neoliberalism · supply-side economics · rugged individualism · Gilded Age