The New Deal (7/10)

In response to the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration expanded federal intervention to stabilize finance, employment, and public confidence. Programs regulated banks and markets, funded large public works, created jobs, built infrastructure, and established lasting institutions such as Social Security. The New Deal permanently changed expectations of government responsibility: not merely to maintain order, but to manage systemic risk and protect economic foundations. It also redefined federal power relative to states and private industry.
This card represents the moment the modern American state was built in response to collapse.