Was Fdr’s New Deal Evolutionary or Revolutionary?

            Lastly, the New Deal had many social changes, which though many argue are revolutionary, too are simply evolutionary. The most radical idea that was established during the New Deal is probably the SSA; however the principles behind the SSA were a combination of many different old desires. The old-age pension was a progressive desire (Season 261) and the direct relief for the unemployed was suggested during Hoover’s administration in a worker relief bill, but it was vetoed. Though the relief to fatherless children was a new idea, the overall SSA was evolutionary because it was the same ideas from the past with little changes. Acts such as the National Housing Act were federally sponsored legislation whose principles were endorsed earlier by progressives when they fought for building codes and better sanitation.

            Thus, though there were new ideas introduced by the New Deal, overall, it was mostly a continuation of old ideals that were apparent throughout the late 1800’s up to the presidency of FDR.