A GENERATION OF LEADERSHIP - SECOND TERM

The New Deal: Today's Perspective

Historians and economists continue to analyze New Deal policies, programs, and politics. Many claim that the New Deal programs did not bring America out of the Great Depression. Instead, World War II restored the economy. Most would agree, however, that the New Deal programs brought hope to Americans in a dark time. Instead of standing in a breadline, they went back to work. Instead of watching their crops decay, unharvested, as prices dropped, farmers refinanced and were paid to help the economy.
"…more than the material gains, will be the spiritual and moral value of such work."

- FDR, in a speech about the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)