Roosevelt's New Deal: Both Jeffersonian and Hamiltonian

Franklin Roosevelt was in fact Hamiltonian in his espousal of big government, but Jeffersonian in his concern for the forgotten man. Roosevelt’s New Deal program aided the independent man, while increasing the government’s control. Roosevelt was Jeffersonian with his creation of jobs, and Hamiltonian with his control over banks and America’s economy. New Deal policies helped create jobs for Americans, and also increased the power of the federal government.
On March 31, 1933, the Unemployment Relief Act, a piece of the New Deal, was passed by congress. This act created the Civilian Conservation Corps, which made jobs for about 3 million American men. These men helped conserve natural resources of the United States, while being paid by the American government. This policy was Jeffersonian, for it helped to make American men independent, by giving them jobs.
Another Jeffersonian policy created in the New Deal was the Agricultural Adjustment Ac...