New Deal
the principles of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, especially those advocated under the leadership of President Franklin D. Roosevelt for economic recovery and social reforms.
the domestic program of the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration, especially during the period from 1933 to 1941.
Origin of New Deal
1Other words from New Deal
- New Dealer, noun
- Compare Fair Deal, Great Society, New Frontier.
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How to use New Deal in a sentence
His New Deal Coalition brought together Southerners, Northern ethnic minorities, and urban blacks under the same banner.
Steve Scalise Shows There’s a Fine Line Between Confederate & Southern | Lloyd Green | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe TVA, a federally owned and chartered electric power provider, is a New Deal legacy just like Social Security.
Steve Scalise Shows There’s a Fine Line Between Confederate & Southern | Lloyd Green | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe families announced along with it that they had entered a “phase of silence” surrounding the details of the New Deal.
A Sunni-Shia Love Story Imperiled by al Qaeda | Ruth Michaelson | December 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHere, Burns and Ward not only introduce us to the diverse projects and achievements of the New Deal.
The President did not want to alienate Southern legislators whose votes he needed on his New Deal legislation.
Pierre, pull a few more tricks like that and I'll call for a New Deal.
Riders of the Silences | John FrederickNow the “Kid” rode back to camp and told the dozen cowboys there of his New Deal.
History of 'Billy the Kid' | Chas. A. SiringoWhen it means a stable government, like we used to have back home before the New Deal, I'm for it.
The Five Arrows | Allan ChaseAt any rate, after thirty years of Republican half-success and half-failure, here was the chance for a New Deal.
The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I | Burton J. HendrickThere followed much proposing and counter-proposing and, at last, an entirely New Deal.
Galusha the Magnificent | Joseph C. Lincoln
British Dictionary definitions for New Deal
the domestic policies of Franklin D. Roosevelt for economic and social reform
the period of the implementation of these policies (1933–40)
Derived forms of New Deal
- New Dealer, noun
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Cultural definitions for New Deal
A group of government programs and policies established under President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s; the New Deal was designed to improve conditions for persons suffering in the Great Depression. The projects of the New Deal included the Social Security System, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the Works Progress Administration.
Notes for New Deal
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