New Deal

A series of government programs, financial reforms, and public works projects enacted by President Franklin Roosevelt between 1933-1939 to combat the Great Depression. The New Deal was aimed at facilitating economic recovery, providing unemployment relief, and reforming the financial system to avoid future economic crises. The New Deal significantly expanded the role of the federal government in the economy and had a lasting impact on American social and economic policy through the introduction of Social Security and unemployment insurance, as well as job creation programs.