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The New Deal

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When Franklin D Roosevelt became President in 1933 he promised to spend his first 100 days rescuing the USA from the Great Depression with one of the biggest public spending projects in history - the New Deal.

Photo: Franklin D Roosevelt in 1935. Credit: Getty Images.

Published on Monday, 22nd June 2020.

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