The New Deal

The New Deal was a plan designed for three purposes, relief, recovery, and reform. Actions of Roosevelt's administration set precedents for future presidents and proved that the Constitution could be adapted to solve the problems of a more modern era. Much of the New Deal legislation passed in the 1930s is still in effect today. The efforts made by the Republicans to end the Great Depression before Roosevelt was elected, proved that it was time …

…safe to say that Roosevelt and his New Deal saved the people of the United States in a way that was, at the time, unknown to leaders who had come before. Under the Roosevelt administration a transformation took place, a transformation that would remain untouched even in today's society. The government is no longer a spectator, but rather an active aspect in the lives of the American people, not too forceful and not too weak.