Chapter 23 Section 2
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Chapter 23 Section 2
The New Deal’s Critics
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American Liberty League
• Founded in 1934• Led opposition to New
Deal• Said New Deal limited
individual freedom• Unconstitutional• Said it resembled
Communism
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What effects did the New Deal have on women and minorities?
• It allowed lower wages for their work and favored white males in job programs
• Federal relief programs in the South enforced racial segregation
• Social security excluded farmers and domestic workers– Primary areas where
African Americans and women worked
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Why did the American Liberty League view the New Deal as unconstitutional and un-American?
• It felt the New Deal limited individual freedom too radically and that its mandatory programs resembled communism
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Examine the picture on page 778. What message do you think the photographer was trying to communicate with this picture?
• All of the people on the billboard are white
• All of the people in the relief line are African American
• The photo might have been commenting on discrimination in New Deal relief programs
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Examine the political cartoon on page 780. Does the cartoon favor or criticize the New Deal? Support your answer with details from the cartoon?
• The cartoon suggests that New Deal programs, represented by restraints on Uncle Sam, interfere with American freedoms and the free market. It is critical of the New Deal.
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Why did Upton Sinclair and Robert La Follette believe that the New Deal did not go far enough?
• Sinclair believed that the nation’s entire economic system needed to be reformed along Socialist lines
• La Follette believed that wealth needed to be evenly distributed…also socialism
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Demagogue
• Leaders who manipulate people with half-truths, deceptive promises, and scare tactics.
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Identify 2 demagogues of the New Deal era. Briefly explain what each individual believed.
• Father Coughlin- Radio sermons against FDR& New Deal-wanted guaranteed income and nationalization of banks
• Huey Long- Senator from Louisiana
• Wanted to be President• Proposed “Share the
Wealth”/”Every Man a King” program– Give everyone a $2,500
annual income
• Long eventually assassinated
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Nationalization
• Government takeover and ownership
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Deficit Spending
• A nation spending more than it brings in
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The Supreme Court Reacts
• FDR upset by Supreme Court rulings against the New Deal
• Afraid courts would rip apart New Deal• Proposed court reform• Allow FDR to appoint 6 new supreme court
justices
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The Supreme Court Reacts
• FDR said it would make judiciary more effective
• Clearly designed to create a court more in favor of New Deal
• Labeled Court Packing Bill
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The Supreme Court Reacts
• Congress and Press protest• Violation of judicial independence&
separation of powers• Hurt FDR’s public image
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Supreme Court Reacts
• Court packing never happened• Never had to• 7 of the 9 justices either die or retire• FDR able to appoint 7 new justices anyway