1. Chapter 23 Section 2
The New Deal’s Critics

2. American Liberty League
Founded in 1934
Led opposition to New Deal
Said New Deal limited individual freedom
Unconstitutional
Said it resembled Communism

3. 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

4. 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

5. Examine the picture on page 778
Examine the picture on page 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

6. Examine the political cartoon on page 780
Examine the political cartoon on page 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.

7. 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

8. Demagogue
Leaders who manipulate people with half-truths, deceptive promises, and scare tactics.

9. Identify 2 demagogues of the New Deal era
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

10. Nationalization
Government takeover and ownership

11. Deficit Spending
A nation spending more than it brings in

12. 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

13. 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

14. The Supreme Court Reacts
Congress and Press protest
Violation of judicial independence& separation of powers
Hurt FDR’s public image

15. 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