

An African American (Eugenia Martin) and the WPA.To search for more documents in Loc.gov related to New Deal programs and agencies, use such terms as Works Progress Administration, Civilian Conservation Corps, Public Works Administration, Farm Security Administration, and the National Recovery Administration. In the long run, New Deal programs set a precedent for the federal government to play a key role in the economic and social affairs of the nation. In the short term, New Deal programs helped improve the lives of people suffering from the events of the depression. Many people remarked that the New Deal programs reminded them of alphabet soup.īy 1939, the New Deal had run its course.

For example, the Works Progress Administration was known as the WPA, while the Civilian Conservation Corps was known as the CCC. Many of the New Deal acts or agencies came to be known by their acronyms. Many citizens stricken by economic deprivation welcomed the federal programs and jobs created by these. Later, a second New Deal was to evolve it included union protection programs, the Social Security Act, and programs to aid tenant farmers and migrant workers. Roosevelts New Deal reform package were passed into law. Based on the assumption that the power of the federal government was needed to get the country out of the depression, the first days of Roosevelt's administration saw the passage of banking reform laws, emergency relief programs, work relief programs, and agricultural programs. The New Deal Roosevelt had promised the American people began to take shape immediately after his inauguration in March 1933. In his acceptance speech, Roosevelt addressed the problems of the depression by telling the American people that, "I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people." In the election that took place in the fall of 1932, Roosevelt won by a landslide.

Roosevelt, Governor of New York, was nominated as the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the New Deal Franklin Delano Rooseveltįarm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-and-White Negatives Next Section Labor Unions During the Great Depression and New Deal.
