How many jobs did the New Deal create?

Question

I'm finishing up a report for my history class, and nothing can give me a real answer, no matter how hard I look. Please help! *sobs* haha.

Answer 1

It's a good question. Historians debate the issue because unemployment fluctuated dramatically between 1933 and 1940.
It generally dropped, with a slight surge in mid 1937.

There is a great book which contains all sorts of economic data for the New Deal period. I used it quite a bit when I was preparing an analysis of the New Deal for a 20th Century history class.

The New Deal: a documentary history, edited by William E.
Leuchtenberg
Publication: New York, Harper & Row [1968]
Call Number: E806 L478 (Library of Congress)