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Van Gosse What the New Deal Accomplished The administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt is remembered for its distinctive style of governing, which seemed remarkably modern at the time. FDRs fireside chats inaugurated the use of electronic media as a potent political tool. Young Brain Trust intellectuals competed for the Presidents attention with innovative ideas for jumpstarting the economy. A plethora of impromptu agencies with distinctive acronyms were created to administer emergency relief to the unemployed one third of a nation. Often, however, the picturesque quality of the New Deal