New Deal Philosophies

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Franklin Roosevelt became president during the lowest part of the Depression and so to advocate economic redemption he created the New Deal. The New Deal was a flood of legislation based on three major points: relief, recovery, and reform. Before creating the New Deal, FDR sought out advice from the “Brain Trust,” which was composed of leading professors who felt that the way to correct these economic problems was to go through government regulation (Keene, 666). Although Roosevelt campaigned as a conservative who would balance the budget, the philosophies underlying his New Deal as well as his presidential term were more liberal. The philosophies used by Roosevelt in the New Deal were based on his view that no single person should be left

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