Third New Deal

(noun)

A term used by some historians to refer to the final stage of the New Deal: the period around and following the Recession of 1937-38 with some pointing to the the 1939 Reorganization Act as the end point.  

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Examples of Third New Deal in the following topics:

  • The Last of the New Deal Reforms

    • Historians continue to debate when the New Deal ended.
    • Although traditionally the New Deal is divided into two stages (First New Deal, 1933-34/5 and Second New Deal 1935-38), some historians refer to the final phase of the New Deal as the Third New Deal.
    • The Third New Deal usually refers to the period around and following the Recession of 1937-38 with some pointing to the the 1939 Reorganization Act (which allowed the President to reorganize the executive branch) as the end of the final phase of the New Deal.  
    • Despite the continuous economic crisis and hardships, the New Deal was largely over by 1939, where this family was seeking New Deal benefits.
    • Examine the last New Deal programs pushed through by the Roosevelt administration

  • Conclusion: The Legacy of the New Deal

  • The New Deal

    • Before the New Deal, deposits at banks were not insured against loss.
    • Many historians distinguish between a First New Deal (1933–34) and a Second New Deal (1935–38).
    • The Second New Deal was begun in the spring of 1935 .
    • The other major innovations of New Deal legislation were the creation of the U.S.
    • The New Deal produced a political realignment.

  • Legislative Achievements of the Second New Deal

    • The two major legislative achievements of the Second New Deal were the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and the Social Security Act.
    • The National Labor Relations Act, NLRA, or Wagner Act, is a 1935 United States federal law that was one of the main achievements of the Second New Deal.
    • The Social Security Act, enacted August 14, 1935, was another significant achievement of the New Deal.
    • Beginning with a set of decisions in March, April, and May, 1937, however, the Court would sustain a series of New Deal legislation.
    • Identify at least two legislative achievements under the Second New Deal

  • The Two-Party System

    • The Fourth Party System, 1896 to 1932, retained the same primary parties as the Third Party System, but saw major shifts in the central issues of debate.
    • The Fifth Party System emerged with the New Deal Coalition beginning in 1933.
    • Roosevelt and the activist New Deal.
    • Experts debate whether this era ended in the mid-1960s when the New Deal coalition did, the early 1980s when the Moral Majority and the Reagan coalition were formed, the mid-1990s during the Republican Revolution, or continues to the present.
    • There have been arguments that the winner-take-all mechanism discourages independent or third-party candidates from running for office or promulgating their views.

  • Challenges to the New Deal

    • The New Deal faced growing opposition from conservatives in both political parties and attracted criticism among business leaders.
    • The American Liberty League was a non-partisan organization formed in 1934 in opposition to the New Deal.
    • The court-packing plan strengthened conservative opposition to the New Deal.
    • The Coalition's members did not form a solid anti-New Deal legislation voting bloc.
    • The results of the 1938 midterm election demonstrated that the dissatisfaction with New Deal policies grew.

  • Conclusion: The Legacy of the New Deal

    • However, historians continue to debate the significance and legacy of the New Deal.
    • Other historians assess the legacy of the New Deal depending on their own political stand.
    • Historians agree that the New Deal resulted in critical changes in the U.S. political landscape.
    • The New Deal also dramatically changed the two main political parties in the United States.
    • In the 1960s, the New Deal would inspire President Lyndon B.

  • Relief and Conservation Programs

    • New Deal projects reclaimed millions of hectares of soil from erosion and devastation.
    • As noted by one authority, Roosevelt's New Deal "was literally stamped on the American landscape. "
    • Major New Deal programs were designed to fight rural, Southern poverty.
    • The New Deal included some of the first national welfare programs, including Social Security, passed in August of 1935 and still in operation today.
    • These boys were among the millions of Americans who were employed in Public Works Projects as part of the New Deal.

  • A Halfway Revolution

    • The New Deal is often called the "halfway revolution," because many argue that the New Deal did not go far enough.
    • The New Deal has often been called the "halfway revolution. " Essentially, this critique of the New Deal claims that the New Deal did not go far enough in its social or economic reforms.
    • Despite the criticisms that the New Deal did not go "far enough," the New Deal was at least a "halfway" revolution, a major step for liberalism in the United States.
    • In this way, it is argued that the New Deal was only a "halfway revolution. "
    • As mentioned, while it is often criticized that the New Deal did not go far enough as far as social reform, the United States has a number of social welfare programs that trace their legacy to the New Deal era.

  • Launching the New Deal

    • Some of the most important programs and reforms of the First New Deal were:
    • Public work projects were an essential component of the job creation program under the New Deal.
    • While the Second New Deal was a continuation of the First New Deal, reforms and programs labeled as the Second New Deal were less a result of the earlier sense of emergency and more a reflection of bolder attitudes.  
    • The New Deal was always about fixing capitalism rather than replacing it with a state-regulated economy.
    • The most important programs of the second stage of the New Deal were: