Recovery emphasized by the New Deal

Recovery was emphasized by the New Deal because of the Hundred Days Congress legislation, as well as many New Deal programs that were created after that. Most of the agencies created had the goal of recovery. Not only were these agencies made to help the public in specific areas, but they also supplied jobs for many people as officials had to be hired for all of the new organizations. 

Since one of the main goals of FDR's administration and the Hundred Day Congress was ending unemployment, many of the New Deal programs greatly assisted this goal by providing jobs not only in government agencies but in also other lines of work. One program that provided jobs for the common man was the WPA, or the Works Progress Administration. Its main goals were conservation and general public services. Workers employed by this administration fixed roads, railroads, and often did work concerning conservation. 8.5 million people were employed by this legislation, thus making it one of the strongest forces of recovery during and after the Great Depression.

Additionally, the New Deal helped the farmers recover from the economic hardship they faced in the mid 1920s and leading into the 1930s. Given the surpluses of food and livestock farmers had, their prices would be very low and they would often make very little money off their products. During this time, farmers would often dump food to diminish their supply so that their prices could be raised, even though people were starving in the city not being able to pay for the food once the prices were raised by the farmers. The AAA, Agricultural Adjustment Act, was legislation passed that was focused on reducing agricultural production. The government would pay farmers to not plant on certain plots of land, kill off livestock, and even bought cows from farmers and gave them cans of meat in return to feed themselves. This recovery greatly helped the field of agriculture attempt to rebalance its economy which would help the overall economy in general.