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The New Deal: A Comprehensive Overview of FDR’s Plan for Economic Recovery

Introduction to the New Deal and its Historical Context The New Deal was a series of programs and policies implemented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) in response to the Great Depression. The Depression, which began in 1929 and lasted throughout the 1930s, was the most severe economic downturn in the history of the United States. It caused widespread unemployment,…