Section 2 “The New Deal’s Critics” Ch. 23 “The New Deal” Section 2 “The New Deal’s Critics”

Vocabulary American Liberty League demagogue nationalization deficit spending

1) What were some of the shortcomings and limits of the New Deal? 2) What were the chief complaints of FDR's critics inside and outside of politics? 3) How did the court-packing fiasco harm FDR's reputation? 4) What effects did the New Deal have on women and minorities? 5) Why did the American Liberty League view the New Deal as unconstitutional and un-American? 6) Why did Upton Sinclair and Robert La Follette believe that the New Deal did not go far enough? 7) Describe FDR's “court-packing” maneuver and its outcome 8) Compare and contrast the criticisms of two New Deal–era demagogues, Father Coughlin and Huey Long.

Review Prepare your Response Cards

1. In order to influence the Supreme Court, FDR tried to A) amend the Constitution. B) remove opposing judges from the Court. C) appoint judges favoring the New Deal. D) ignore Supreme Court rulings.

C) appoint judges favoring the New Deal.

2. Progressives attacked the New Deal for A) limiting people's freedom. B) not doing enough to help poor people. C) raising taxes on the rich. D) increasing the national debt.

B) not doing enough to help poor people.

3. New Deal programs were most helpful to A) white men. B) women. C) African Americans. D) immigrants.

A) white men.

4. What is federal deficit spending? A) money owed over the long term to bondholders B) money spent over and above annual revenues C) money spent on public works programs D) money spent to repay the annual debt, or "deficit"

B) money spent over and above annual revenues

5. True/False Federal relief programs in the South, including public works projects, reinforced racial segregation.

True

6. True/False Many Progressives and Socialists also attacked the New Deal. But these critics charged that FDR's programs provided too much help.

False

7. True/False President Roosevelt's Court Packing was supported by many Americans.

False

8. True/False The New Deal receives criticism from people who oppose deficit spending—paying out more money from the annual federal budget than the government receives in revenues.

True