What effects did the New Deal have on American culture?
2007-03-21 16:59:51 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
It gave the federal government a place in the everyday lives of Americans.
It showed that government could be an effective force for positive change in society.
It saved American's faith in democracy. That last one sounds a little much today but one has to keep in mind that by the 1930s democracies had fallen all across the globe. Some of those democracies were not all that younger than ours either.
2007-03-21 17:21:04 · answer #1 · answered by Raindog 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The major effect of the New Deal on the national culture was to create a belief in the value of government intervention. The unrestricted capitalism of the first two decades of the century had led to economic collapse, and the New Deal brought Keynesian theory into practice on an unprecedented scale.
The buildup of infrastructure under every President from FDR to Lyndon Johnson was a direct result of the New Deal. Roosevelt's Tennessee Valley Authority was the precursor of Eisenhower's interstate highway system, and of NASA.
The New Deal's success with Keynesian practice has greatly influenced liberal economic thought ever since.
2007-03-22 07:28:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course, F.D.R's legacy continues to this day.
The New Deal, heavily invested Government in the financial and social well being of individual citizens.
Above all, it has established and maintained the policy ( and law) that all citizen's welfare is worthy of the attention of Government, even if the relative influence that they can exert, upon Government is small.
That all citizens have an inherent right to the pursuit of happiness and are entitled( Entitlements) to a basically healthy and secure life style.
This involvement has supported the proposition that a great society (culture ) should help meet the basic needs of those less fortunate.
To the extent that Government should be involved, has, in some part , lead to the philosophical differences in our polical system(liberal v. conservative).
2007-03-22 00:23:54 · answer #3 · answered by dougie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The New Deal ended Prohibition, so alcohol was allowed again. The government also had it's first big investment in cultural development.
2007-03-22 00:10:25 · answer #4 · answered by staisil 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very short answer: It gave people hope of something better, the same hope that sustained them through the war that followed.
2007-03-22 02:37:59 · answer #5 · answered by obelix 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It helped make sure everyone could eat so they could enjoy their culture.
2007-03-22 00:07:41 · answer #6 · answered by BOOM 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋