Technically, yes, it is true that the development of the middle class signaled a decline in the importance of nobility, since people were able to have more economic freedom.
False. "The New Deal" refers to a series of domestic programs (lasting roughly from 1933 to 1939) implemented during the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt to combat the effects of the Great Depression on the U.S. economy.
If I'm correct, they perceived it as punishment from the gods, for their evil ways... ( correct me if i'm wrong. )