http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Populism --- 4. ( lowercase ) representation or extolling of* the common person, the working class, the underdog*, etc.: populism in the arts. ----
"The programs were responses to the Great Depression, and focused on what historians call the "3 Rs": relief, recovery and reform. That is,* relief for the unemployed and poor;* recovery of the economy to normal levels; and reform of the financial system to prevent a repeat depression. The New Deal produced a political realignment, making the Democratic party the majority (as well as holding the White House for seven out of nine Presidential terms from 1933–69), with its base in *liberal ideas*, big city machines, and newly empowered* labor unions, ethnic minorities*"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Labor_Standards_Act_of_1938
"which set maximum hours and minimum wages for most categories of workers"<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal#cite_note-0>
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