1. Criticisms and End of the New Deal

2. Criticisms
“A state-controlled or state-directed social or economic system….That is not liberalism, it is tyranny!” -Herbert Hoover

3. American Liberty League:
It complained that the New Deal interfered too much with business and people’s lives.
Limited individual freedoms in an unconstitutional manner.

4. Criticism of the New Deal
Senator Huey Long:
Originally a supporter-FDR
“Share -Our-Wealth”
Heavy taxes on the rich and redistribute the money to the poor.
Improvements to working conditions for Americans.

5. Father Coughlin:
First advocated Nationalization
Criticized FDR for interfering with the sanctity of private property, including banks.
“Franklin Double-crossing Roosevelt”

6. WHY Criticize? Americans wanted a balanced budget
Spend an appropriate amount of $$$
Concerned about the rising national debt
Deficit Financing
Expenses higher than revenue(income)
Debt:
1933 – $21,000,000,000 ($21 Billion)
1940 – $43,000,000,000 ($43 Billion)
2014 – $17,000,000,000,000 ($17 Trillion)

7. Why was this result predictable?
Think – Pair - Share
Why was this result predictable?

8. FDR and the Supreme Court
The Conflict:
· The Supreme Court ruled that many New Deal laws were unconstitutional.
Ex.) AAA
- Govt influenced private business practices

9. · After winning the 1936 presidential election, FDR proposed increasing the number of Supreme Court Justices from 9 to 15.
February 14, 1937, Waterbury (CT) Republican, "Do We Want A Ventriloquist Act In The Supreme Court?"

14. August 26, Newport (R.I.) News, "And That's The Versatile Quarterback Who Said If One Play Didn't Work He'd Try Something Else."

15. · FDR withdrew his plan six months later.

16. Criticism of the New Deal
Republicans in Congress were especially opposed to the New Deal
Too much government intervention
Reform had gone too far
Social Security and other New Deal Programs infringed upon individual freedoms
“Unconstitutional, Un-American”

17. The Big Idea
The New Deal had did have a lasting effect on many aspects of American life.

18. Entertainment in the 1930s

19. Radio

20. Movies
Optimistic films about common people who triumphed over evil.

21. Comedies were very
popular also.

22. Movies
The one-time greatest box office hit transported Americans out of the gloom of the Depression into a happier time.

24. No one understood
the needs of
depression-era
audiences better
than Walt Disney.

25. Movies

26. The Big Idea
The New Deal had failed to address the economic depression.

27. Effects of the New Deal Infrastructure
Bridges, dams, buildings, tunnels
Federal Agencies – AAA, CCC, WPA, PWA, RFC, FDIC, TVA…
PUT PEOPLE BACK TO WORK

28. The WPA and the Arts

29. The WPA and the Arts
The government gave the unemployed, work in building construction and arts programs. It employed a large number of artists and writers.

31. The WPA and the Arts

33. Greatest Legacy of the New Deal…
Hope