Which term describes the policy program named to recover from the Great Depression?

• A. New Deal
• B. Square Deal
• C. Fair Deal
• D. New Frontier

Answer: (A)

Recognizing the policy program created to pull the country out of the Great Depression. The New Deal was Franklin D. Roosevelt’s broad set of federal programs in the 1930s aimed at relief for the unemployed, economic recovery, and reforms to prevent future depressions. It expanded the role of the federal government in everyday life, creating jobs through public works, establishing social safety nets like Social Security, and reforming financial systems with agencies such as the FDIC and the SEC. This approach was specifically designed to address the severe economic crisis of the 1930s and restore confidence, growth, and stability.

The other terms belong to different eras and goals: Square Deal was Theodore Roosevelt’s early-1900s reform program focused on regulating big business and ensuring fairness; Fair Deal was Harry S. Truman’s postwar domestic agenda; New Frontier refers to John F. Kennedy’s set of proposals in the 1960s. None of these match the policy program aimed at recovering from the Great Depression.