The New Deal was a series of domestic programs enacted in The United States in order to fight the Great Depression. It is often considered as an example of successful reform of the capitalistic system, although the recovery of American economy was pretty slow. It actually completely recovered during the war due to massive production of weapons. a. The relief was indeed one of the goals of the first part of the New Deal, and it was successful, since many unemployed persons were put to work on a wide range of government financed public works projects. b. The reform was based on the idea that the government intervention was necessary to rationalize and stabilize the economy. But, these interventions worsened the Depression. d. Today, there is still the Social Security Act, which was invented within the New Deal. There is also the Tennessee Valley Authority, which was formed to modernize very poor regions, such as Tennessee.
