What is the ethnic origin of surnames? Quick Answer. When Europeans first began assigning each other surnames to differentiate individuals in expanding urban areas, the names frequently referenced someone's appearance or the place that they were from. Names such as Long, Short, Black and White were common.
The new deal goals were to create and accomplish the Three R's. Recovery, Relief, and Reform. Recovery meaning temporary programs that would go towards the recovery of the great depression. Relief meaning, immediate action taken to halt the financial deterioration.
Some early New Deal programs focused on recovery: 1  Emergency Banking Act - empowered the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to purchase bank stock and allowed the Federal Reserve greater currency issuance powers. Prior to this act, FDR also shut down the nation's banks and Congress ratified his decision in this act.