New Deal
noun
: the legislative and administrative program of President F. D. Roosevelt designed to promote economic recovery and social reform during the 1930s
also
: the period of this program
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And many of the planners involved in experimental New Deal community projects, such as Greenbelt, Maryland, had worked for or alongside Housing Corporation designers and planners.
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Eran Ben-Joseph, The Conversation, 19 May 2025
The Fair Labor Standards Act, passed late in Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal in 1938, requires wages at least one and a half times as high for any hours over 40 a week.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 18 May 2025
Beginning in the New Deal era, the federal government built dozens of hydroelectric dams and a sprawling transmission system to electrify the rural West.
—Tony Schick, ProPublica, 12 May 2025
The Works Progress Administration was a New Deal program launched by the federal government during the Great Depression.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
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Eran Ben-Joseph, The Conversation, 19 May 2025
The Fair Labor Standards Act, passed late in Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal in 1938, requires wages at least one and a half times as high for any hours over 40 a week.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 18 May 2025
Beginning in the New Deal era, the federal government built dozens of hydroelectric dams and a sprawling transmission system to electrify the rural West.
—Tony Schick, ProPublica, 12 May 2025
The Works Progress Administration was a New Deal program launched by the federal government during the Great Depression.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
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“New Deal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/New%20Deal. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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