2ND NEW DEAL AND CHALLENGES Chapter 9 Section 2
2ND NEW DEAL Problem Solution Unemployment Works Progress Administration Poor elderly Farmers Labor Unions
CHALLENGES TO THE NEW DEAL Supreme Court opposed the New Deal National Industrial Recovery Act was unconstitutional AAA unconstitutional “Packing” the Court FDR declared we needed more justices Would be New Deal supporters Judges change their minds
NEW DOWNTURN Things better in 1935 and 1936 Weakened Democrats FDR cut federal spending Federal Reserve raised interest rates Unemployment soared Weakened Democrats