1. It helped a large number of people, caught in the worst depression in American history, by providing them jobs, financing farm and home mortgages. Though vigorous banking policy the administration saved many people from grave difficulty. Its relief programmes enabled the unfortunate people to earn money without sacrificing their self-respect.
2. The Work Progress Administration (W.P.A.) and Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) rendered valuable services to the country by constructing roads, bridges, schools, hospitals and works of art.
Similarly the Tennessce Valley Authority (T.V.A.) helped in the transformation of the great region by bringing under cultivation millions of acres and helping in the establishment or prosperous industries.
3. In the sphere of social security also the New Deal Administration helped in removing the American backwardness and provided for schemes like old age pensions, unemployment insurance etc. In subsequent years the scope of social security measures further widened.