NEW DEAL

"I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people."
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Powerful still today, this quotation challenged the American people to get back on their feet and become productive members of society.

Impact

The New Deal created jobs that provided the necessary encouragement, hope, value and self-esteem to assist the American people to recapture their economic values. It was the solution to the problems everyone was facing: widespread unemployment, homelessness, and farmers losing their land and livestock.

"No country, however rich can afford the waste of its human resources. Demoralization caused by vast unemployment is our greatest extravagance. Morally, it is the greatest menace to our social order." - Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Goals of the New Deal:

1. Unemployment relief
2. Economic recovery
3. Economic and social reform

"I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, and ill-nourished. The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - Franklin Delano Roosevelt

The New Deal created jobs, improved self-esteem and gave everyone an opportunity to become productive members of society. To make sure the economic values would be carried on from generation to generation, the New Deal gave youths and young adults the opportunity to work as well. For example, the National Youth Administration (NYA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) were two programs that employed young men and women. In particular, the CCC developed most of our national parks.