How the New Deal Transformed the Role of Government

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In this installment of Crash Course US History, John Green explores the complex legacy of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. The video breaks down the massive set of government programs initiated during the Great Depression into two conceptual frameworks: the "Three Rs" (Relief, Recovery, and Reform) and the chronological division between the First and Second New Deals. It examines how these programs fundamentally shifted the relationship between the American citizenry and the federal government, moving from a laissez-faire approach to one where economic security became a guaranteed liberty.