Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ534967
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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The New Deal: An Overview.
Brinkley, Alan
Social Education, v60 n5 p255-58 Sep 1996
Characterizes the New Deal as "the single most important twentieth-century episode in the creation of the modern American state." Discusses the astonishing range of legislative activity enacted to respond to the Great Depression and the ensuing political opposition. Frankly evaluates those programs that failed. (MJP)
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Capitalism, Economic Factors, Economic Impact, Federal Aid, Federal Government, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools, Modern History, Poverty, Presidents of the United States, Public Policy, Secondary Education, Social Action, Social Change, Social Problems, Social Studies, Unemployment, United States History
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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