Opposition To New Deal Flashcards
Outline the Republican’s opposition to the New Deal
- Claimed Roosevelt acted like a dictator.
- TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) and NRA (National Recovery Associaton were part of his “communist plot”.
- Social security Act determined US capitalism and made people lazy.
- Objected to the huge cost of the New Deal
Outline Business opposition to the New Deal
- Didn’t like Gov. interference
- Angry about Roosevelt’s support of Unions
- Objected to schemes like the TVA as they could compete with gov.
- Opposed legislation NRA.
- 1934 Liberty League formed by businesses to oppose New Deal.
Outline the Rich opposition to the New Deal
- Resented the high taxes
- Bitter about their loss of power
Huey “Kingfish” Long Opposition Opinion
- Governor of Louisianna - poorer Southern State
- Strong Socialist
- Tax more of the rich
- Pay for roads, schools, hospitals, and welfare.
- Called for the wealth over $5 million to be confiscated and shared out.
Doctor Francis Townsend Opposition Opinion
- Proposed everyone over 60 years old gets $200/month pension.
- Only if you gave up your job
- Spent all of it
- Popular among old people
- 7,000 ‘Townsend Clubs’ sprung up across the US
Father Coughlin - The Radio Priest Opposition Opinion
- 40 million listeners on Sunday nights in the 1930s
- Early praise of Roosevelt turned into viscous attacks.
- Failure to help the poor.
- Established Nation Union for Social Justice.
- Attracted millions of members
- Ideas were confused and support faded away from 1940.
True or False - Congress can block any measures by the President if they claim it to be unconstitutional.
True
In what year was the National Industrial Recovery Act ruled as what?
1935, ruled as unconstitutional
- President couldn’t make laws to control business
In what year was AAA deemed unconstitutional and why?
1936 - only states could regulate agriculture.
What did most Republican judges believe about the New Deal?
Unconstitutional
What was Roosevelt’s response to the attack of other New Deal measures by the Supreme Court Judges?
Asked Congress to grant him the power to replace Judges 70 years old
- Wanted to replace them with Democrat Judges.
Outline how the New Deals helped to preserve American capitalism
- Allowed capitalism to function
- Major revolution was threatening US capitalism before New Deal.
- Reform was mostly small-scale & Temporary
- Brought relief from the Big Sad, but failed to fully recover America
- (WWII was the injection that fixed the Depression).
Describe the New Deal with African Americans
- Remained second class
- Widespread of racism and discrimination
- Segregation continued in the South
- Black segregation in the New Deal.
- 1940- 1 in 20 have a desk job compared to 1 in 3 white Americans.
- Roosevelt failed to pass civil rights laws.
- Blacks did not benefit as much as white, but many did get relief payments.
Describe the New Deal with First Americans (Native Americans)
- Reorganisation Act 1934 money to buy reservation land for tribes
- Government loans
- Indian Reservation Act 1934 allowed Indigenous to have their own courts and rights
- Encouraged to follow their own cultural and religious traditions
Describe the New Deal with Women
- Not many ND measures aimed at women
- Most were construction/manual labour.
- # of women employed increased during the 1930s.
- They were cheap labour.
- Social Security Act did introduce welfare payments for women with dependent children.
- States tried to avoid paying welfare by introducing trivial conditions.
- They did advance in ND agencies
- More female leadership
- Mary Bethune head of National Youth Admin.
- Francis Perkins Secretary of Labour.
- 1st woman to reach this level of authority.
