Monday, February 22, 2016

Summarize the major issues of the New Deal Legislation.

When you say "issues," I assume you are asking what the
New Deal legislation was trying to accomplish.  If so, historians tend to argue that the
New Deal was trying to accomplish three
things.


  • Relief.  The New Deal was trying to
    immediately relieve the economic problems that people faced.  This was done, for
    example, by providing jobs or even direct "welfare"
    payments.

  • Recovery.  The New Deal was trying to get the
    economy back to normal.  Efforts to do this included things like the AAA and the
    NIRA.

  • Reform.  The New Deal was meant to ensure that
    future depressions could not happen.  This was done through legal reforms (creation of
    the SEC and the FDIC) as well as through economic development programs
    (TVA).

These were the main goals of the New
Deal.

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