Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal

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This paper looks at how eminent scholarship and critical historical reviews have stated that there was little about the New Deal that could be called "conservative" and that FDR was "cautious" not to allow America to slip into another depression. It examines how, in contrast, the New Deal was a revolutionary series of programs, simply because of the impressive number of innovative, bold initiatives that had never before been passed by Congress in such numbers.

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"While some textbooks paint a picture that show Herbert Hoover's "New Era" and FDR's "New Deal" as "polar opposites," Lewis-Beck disagrees. He says that the New Deal wasn't so much a "fiscal revolution" as it was "elaborate old policies." In fact, the writer continues, while FDR is seen as a progressive and liberal, Hoover is being touted as the same kind of leader, by some historians - adding to Lewis-Beck's argument that FDR was not so very different from the politicians who preceded him. He cites several examples of programs FDR gets credit for that actually were initiated during the Hoover administration: The FERA, the NRA, the FDIC, the PWA, and more."

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