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Understanding the New Deal: Relief, Recovery, and Reform Goals

The New Deal, introduced between 1933 and 1941, aimed to restore confidence in the economy through a triad of goals: relief, recovery, and reform. With 25% of the population unemployed and millions living without income, immediate relief programs were essential to alleviate suffering. Recovery initiatives focused on rebuilding the economy, while reform sought to prevent future disasters. This period saw societal challenges as women and minorities faced job losses. Humor and escapism emerged as vital coping mechanisms for Americans experiencing despair. Engage in a group activity to classify key New Deal programs by their intended focus.

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Understanding the New Deal: Relief, Recovery, and Reform Goals

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  1. Warm-up: • Define: • Relief • Recovery • Reform

  2. The New Deal

  3. Goals & Focus • There were two separate parts to the New Deal…1933-1934 and 1935-1941 • Goal was to restore confidence in the economy • Three areas of focus: relief, recovery and reform

  4. Need for Relief • 25% of population out of work • 30 million Americans living in family units with no income at all • Women accused of taking jobs away from men who were supposed to support their families • African Americans, Hispanics and Asian Americans lost jobs to white laborers • People used humor to help fight the despair, going to movies for a temporary escape

  5. Focus • Relief programs were needed to help immediately • Recovery programs were needed to help rebuild • Reform programs were needed to help the disaster from happening again

  6. Activity: • New Deal group activity • Decide which focus each of the New Deal programs fulfilled

  7. RELIEF: • RECOVERY: • REFORM:

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