The New Deal: Relief, Recovery, And Reform

The New Deal was a series of domestic programs enacted in the United States. The New Deal was a bunch of laws passed by Congress, but they were also presidential executive. The first phase of the New Deal was to try something. When Roosevelt became president he didn't have a clue of how he was going to deal with the economic crisis. He, however was not discouraged. He had a large hand in creating the New Deal. The Deal and its programs were in response to the Great Depression, and focused on Relief, Recovery, and Reform. These are the three main topics to be discussed in this paper. Relief was for the unemployed as well as the poor. The country was going to use relief efforts to assist those who were hit hardest by the depression (much like programs we have in place today). The programs helped those suffering, poor, distressed, unemployed, and anyone who needed assistance as far as homes and food. In order to help cut unemployment, the NIRA created the Public Works Administration, a major program of public works, which organized and provided funds for the building of useful works. This program was created to open up a whole new line of job opportunities. These jobs included working in government buildings, airports, hospitals, schools, etc. Many of those who remained unemployed were able

The goal of the recovery was to create an effort using numerous programs to restore the economy to normal health. Many thought that competitive work environments had led to lower wages making it difficult for people to live. New Deal economists argued that cut-throat competition had hurt many businesses and that with prices having fallen 20% and more, "deflation" exacerbated the burden of debt and would delay recovery. Congress wanted to change the hours people worked per week to thirty hours, but there was strong backlash against that. Instead they cooperated with big business to agree that the solution was the