Summary.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt entered the White House in perhaps the worst time of the Great Depression. Roosevelt introduced the New Deal that changed the economy and politics of the United States dramatically
The New Deal
- Series of programs implemented during the Great Depression
- The programs were designed to help the people and the economy
- The New Deal made a political realignment making the Democratic Party the majority
- There plans ranged from banking and railroads to industry to farming
- Sectors had to be repaired before an economic recovery could begin
- Wagner Act was introduced to promote labour unions
- Following the new deal bank accounts were also insured