Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The set of programs and policies designed to promote economic recovery and social reform introduced during the 1930s by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- noun The period during which these programs and policies were developed.
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- noun the historic period (1933-1940) in the United States during which President Franklin Roosevelt's economic policies were implemented
- noun the economic policy of F. D. Roosevelt
- noun a reapportioning of something
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Examples
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Kunz's updated plan, which he calls New Deal 2009, is based on high-speed rail networks in Europe and Asia.
TreeHugger 2008
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Even the name New Deal was an expression to pacify the American working class.
Finding Bottom 2008
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KING: She calls the New Deal, which created Social Security and Medicare, "our socialist revolution," suggesting it created reliance on big government, a new slavery, contrary to the Constitution's authors 'vision of limited government.
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He brashly voiced his opposition to the 16th Amendment creating the federal income tax, and he called the New Deal a legacy of glut... including a Social Security program that is not only bankrupt but also had very little to do with America's emergence from the Great
Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post Dana Milbank 2010
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One of the legacies of the New Deal was the direct government creation of jobs to respond to an unemployment crisis.
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I have seen arguments that 1. The New Deal was the most extreme expansion of federal government in the history of the United States.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Public Opinion, Anti-Discrimination Law, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 2010
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But our readers by now know why: because by those measures the New Deal was a stunning success.
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History is full of people who "began the world anew," including presidents like FDR, who launched a successful and ambitious economic program called The New Deal, which was considered extremely radical for its time.
Allison Kilkenny: Learn To Love The Lie, and Other Lessons From David Brooks 2009
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For Podesta, the New Deal was the federal culmination of decades of activism from below.
Tom Hayden: Can Podesta Craft a Transition to a New Progressive Era? 2009
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The New Deal was a failure, according to Ms. Schlaes, because only 2/3 to 3/4 of the Great 1929-32 Contraction's (depending on how you count) joblessness was remedied as of 1936-37.
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