How Did The New Deal Affect The Economy

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The Great Depression is, to this day, one of the worst depression the U.S has ever encountered; during this time, Roosevelt tried his best to bring America out of the slums by creating many different programs, such as the New Deal. After reading these two passages, I have more of an understanding of what the New Deal was and how it affected the U.S economy. Folsom and Johnson primarily focused on Roosevelt’s action and motives behind why he established certain things and why he stayed clear of other things. All in all, both authors centrally focused on how the New Deal policy affected the U.S economy. However, these two authors discuss two different aspects of the New Deal. The author of our textbook, Johnson, focused more on how Jesse Jones

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