2nd NEW DEAL AND WW2 ROOSEVELT’S 2 nd, 3 RD AND 4 TH TERMS

CASES: Adkins v. Children’s Hospital, –Issue: minimum wages Gitlow v. New York, –Issue: Radicals and 1 st Amendment rights Schechter Poultry Corp. v. US, –Issue: Constitutionality of New Deal programs US v. Butler, –Issue: Constitutionality of New Deal programs NLRB v. Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp., –Issue: Interstate Commerce and control of labor

2 ND NEW DEAL 2 ND NEW DEAL SHIFTED TO THE “LEFT”—WHY? POLICIES: –SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1935 –REVENUE ACTS 1935, 1936 –SUPREME COURT AND “COURT PACKING” **RECESSION OF 1937** –AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT 1938 –US HOUSING AUTHORITY ACT 1937 –FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT 1938 ELECTIONS OF 1938 “END OF THE NEW DEAL” ASSESSING THE NEW DEAL

ROAD TO WW2 AMERICAN ISOLATIONISM LATIN AMERICAN AFFAIRS –GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY 1933 –MONTEVIDEO CONFERENCE 1933 –RESCENDING THE PLATT AMENDMENT 1934 –ACT OF HAVANA 1940 ACTS OF AGGRESSION BY THE AXIS POWERS: –1931 INVASION OF MANCHURIA BY JAPAN –1935 ITALY ATTACKED ETHIOPIA –1936 GERMANY REOCCUPIED THE RHINELAND –1936 SPANISH CIVIL WAR BREAKS OUT –1937 JAPAN DECLARES WAR ON CHINA, REVOKES OPEN DOOR POLICY –1938 GERMAN ANNEXES AUSTRIA –MUNICH CONFERENCE –1939 ITALY ANNEXES ALBANIA –1939 HITLER-STALIN PACT –1939 GERMANY INVADES POLAND; RUSSIA INVADES FINLAND

WW2 Sept. 3, 1939 Eng. And France declare war on Germany US officially neutral—Neutrality Act Totalitarian governments: – Fascism – Nazism – Communism – Military Dictatorships Steps to US entry into the war – American Neutrality 2 Views – German Aggression in Europe – Quarantine Speech 1937 – Executive Agreement of 1940 – Selective Service Act 1940 – Act of Havana

ELECTION OF 1940 AND PEARL HARBOR Election of 1940 –Candidates --issues -- results Lend-Lease Act 1941 Undeclared Naval War –German subs sink/attack the Robin Moor, USS Greer, Kearny and Reuben James Germany invaded Russia Atlantic Charter issued National Emergency declared Nov Dec. 7, 1941—Japan bombed Pearl Harbor Why? Declaration of War Dec. 8, Dec. 11 Germany declared war on US Home front: –Govt.: economy, raised taxes, forbid strikes, rationed all products, depression ended