Finish New Deal Presentations We will have bellwork after……

BELLWORK 1. In your opinion, which New Deal program would have provided the most aid to Americans? Why? 2. List three specific reasons why people may have opposed the New Deal. 3. Many people criticize the New Deal for not doing enough to help Americans. In your opinion, did the New Deal meet the needs of the people? Was there anything that could be added/changed to help Americans more? 4. Many people criticize the New Deal for being too radical. What aspects of FDR’s programs might have been too radical?

Opposition to the New Deal Did the New Deal adequately meet the needs of the people…..was it too radical, or not radical enough?

Opposition to the New Deal Opposition GroupWhy they opposed FDR & the New Deal Communists & Socialists Conservatives Townsend Coughlin Long Supreme Court *Read pgs and complete the chart in your notes

Communists & Socialists  FDR was not doing enough!!!  Demanded more government involvement

Francis E. Townsend  Elderly doctor from Long Beach, CA  Old Age Revolving Pension Plan  Encouraged elderly to retire and leave jobs to young people, lowering unemployment  Elderly given $200 stipend by government  Bill was defeated, but lead to expansion of Social Security

Conservatives  FDR was interfering too much with private businesses  Believed the government needed to stay out of business  FDR was spending too much on relief  Argued FDR had lack of experience, and was turning the U.S. towards socialism.

Father Coughlin  Fundamentalist priest with his own radio show  Appealed to people’s fears/prejudices instead of reason  Said FDR was not changing financial system  Also blamed Jews for banking problems

Senator Huey Long  Took control of Louisiana’s government by appointing his followers  Share our wealth plan  Opposed FDR because he wanted to redistribute wealth even more  Appealed to the working/low classes  Assassinated

Supreme Court  Overturned NRA & AAA because it gave too much power to the Executive Branch  Checks and balances  Said taxes were not a good way to regulate agriculture (like AAA)

Conflict over the Judicial Branch  During FDR’s first term, the Supreme Court had struck down several components of his “New Deal” economic programs. So……  In 1937, FDR proposed the “court-packing plan” (Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937). This would allow him to:  Add more justices to the Supreme Court  Personally appoint the justices  Obtain favorable rulings for his New Deal Legislation  Wanted to establish a pro-New Deal majority in the Supreme Court  Why do you think this bill received so much opposition?  Opponents viewed this as an attempt to stack the court in his favor: not fair & would give executive branch too much power  Overturned because of unpopularity  Considered his biggest source of opposition throughout entire presidency

To what extent were Roosevelt’s policies successful? (pg. 207) SUCCESSESFAILURES