Franklin D. Roosevelt brought the new deal in to Americans life in the early thirties. Its purpose was to deal with the depression. Following the depression there were many programs and acts to help the nation recover from the depression.(excepted by jorgeLUCAS)

During the Great Depression of the 1930s, Roosevelt created the New Deal to provide relief for the unemployed, recovery of the economy, and reform of the economic and banking systems.[1] Although recovery of the economy was incomplete until almost 1940, the programs he initiated such as the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continue to have instrumental roles in the nation's commerce. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt)