The set of programs launched by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression focused on relief, recovery, and reform is known as what?

• A. Great Society
• B. New Deal
• C. New Frontier
• D. Fair Deal

Answer: (B)

During the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt launched a broad set of programs aimed at providing immediate relief, reviving the economy, and reforming the economic system to prevent a repeat crisis. This comprehensive response is known as the New Deal. Relief addressed urgent suffering with aid and jobs; recovery sought to stimulate demand and restore economic activity; reform changed rules and institutions to reduce future risks, like financial safeguards and social protections. The other terms refer to different eras and presidents (for example, Great Society and Fair Deal are from later decades, while New Frontier is associated with John F. Kennedy), not the period of Roosevelt's response to the Depression.