When did Roosevelt introduce his Second New Deal?

• A. January 1935
• B. Early 1933
• C. January 1933
• D. December 1932

Answer: (A)

The question is about when a new phase of reforms under Roosevelt began, shifting from quick relief to broader, long‑term changes. After the First New Deal years of 1933–34 focused on relief and recovery, the administration moved into a second wave in early 1935. In January 1935, Roosevelt signaled this shift and pushed a new set of measures designed to extend social welfare, strengthen labor rights, and reform the economy. The most famous outcomes of this second phase—the Social Security Act establishing unemployment and old‑age benefits, and the National Labor Relations Act protecting workers’ rights to organize—were enacted that year, marking the start of the Second New Deal. So January 1935 is the point historians use to designate the introduction of that second, more enduring program. Dates from 1933 or 1932 reflect the first wave of reforms, not the second.