Which of the following offers the best description of the First New Deal?

A) It reduced the nation's unemployment rate by 80 percent.
B) It saw more failure than success, in terms of job creation and infrastructure improvement.
C) It faced very little challenge from critics across a broad spectrum of American society.
D) It was essentially a set of policy experiments that had mixed results.
E) It had little effect on the role of the government.

First New Deal

A series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s, aimed at restoring prosperity to Americans during the Great Depression.

Policy Experiments

Trials or pilot programs undertaken by governments, organizations, or researchers to test new ideas, policies, or interventions before wider implementation to assess their effectiveness and outcomes.

Unemployment Rate

The percentage of the labor force that is jobless and actively seeking employment.