“The New Deal had a greater impact on the political system than on the economic system in the United States.” Discuss.

Candidates will offer a considered and balanced review as to the political and economic impact of the New Deal in the US. Immediate, short- and long-term effects may be addressed as candidates consider the suggested theory. Economic effects may include increased governmental intervention in the economy through programmes such as the Social Security Act (SSA), government competition with private enterprise through programmes such as the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), and programmes of questionable constitutionality, such as the National Recovery Administration (NRA) or the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA). Political effects may include the creation of a new Democratic Party coalition that would dominate the executive and judicial branches for several decades, the transition of African-Americans from the Republican to the Democratic Party and vast expansion of the power of the executive branch and the federal bureaucracy.