the new deal
-Make work projects
-to be done in the first 100 days of FDR's admin.
-Following John Maynard Keynes economical theories
-building of the interstates, Hoover dam etc.
-to be done in the first 100 days of FDR's admin.
-Following John Maynard Keynes economical theories
-building of the interstates, Hoover dam etc.
"I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
summary
The New Deal, introduced by F D Roosevelt was to transform America's economy which had been shattered by the Great Depression. The economic downturn that followed the Wall Street Crash also had a major psychological impact on America and that Roosevelt was actually doing something did a great deal to boost America's self-esteem.