When it comes to Roosevelt’s New Deal, the question that many historians, and many unfortunate students, are still asking is whether or not the New Deal achieved its purpose. That is to say, did the New Deal provide relief, reform, and recovery for the American people during the Depression? To answer that question, one would have to review the facts of what the New Deal actually did in an effort to reach the goals it had set, and determine if it in fact, met what the goal was. “For GDP - this is usually taken as key pointer in a nation's economic health - 1933 to 1939 witnessed a 60% increase; the amount of consumer products bought increased by 40% while private investment in industry increased by 5 times in just six years” (Was the New Deal
