What was the New Deal, and how did it try to help people?
The Fresh-Deal Shuffle
What was the New Deal, and how did it try to help people?
Picture America in the 1930s. Banks had closed, jobs had vanished, and millions of people woke up with no work and empty pockets. This rough stretch had a name: the Great Depression. And out of it came one of the biggest rescue plans the country had ever tried — the New Deal.
The man behind it was President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who took office in 1933. People called him FDR. He promised the country "a new deal" — like a card player asking to reshuffle and pass out fresh hands when the old ones were hopeless. The idea was simple: the government wouldn't just stand back and wait. It would step in and actually do something.
