The New Deal got underway during the first 100 days of the Roosevelt administration and experienced both successes and failures; but those failures and a mounting opposition to New Deal policies and programs would deter the New Deal from moving forward. ... Among the high points were the Works Progress Act (WPA), the Social Security Act, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), farming and labor reform. ... The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a high point in that it would exemplified the notion of the "New Deal's humanitarian impulses....

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In which, he improved working conditions, created public works, and set up a bright future for America. ... The laborer states, "I am sure slavery days were much better for the black slaves had their meals for sure three times a day and medical attention at that. ... The laborer states that the company he works for "sells from 50 percent to 60 percent higher than the stores in town" (In Foner ["Letter to Secretary" 159]). ...

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Progressivism's Profound Influence on New Deal Policies In his book The Promise of American Life, Herbert Croley speaks of the importance of "social cohesion." Social cohesion is a state where all human beings are interconnected, and therefore each individual has a responsibility toward one ano...

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