Three months later, he signed the Glass-Steagall Act which created the FDIC, federally insuring deposits The Civil Conservation Corps was one of the New Deal’s most successful programs.

Banks could lend money to businesses again. The government needed money to fund the New Deal. 1933 Economy Act All government employees’ pay was cut by 15 per cent. Almost $1 billion was saved.

"The national reconstruction act is sufficiently flexible to permit ... on the greater things promised the South in the new deal are fine, and every word is gospel; but when you talk about being ...

Franklin D Roosevelt was a very popular president. However, as the Great Depression deepened, there was more criticism of the New Deal and Roosevelt’s leadership. A programme of reform like the ...