1. The New Deal II

2. The New Deal First New Deal – 1933 -1935 Response to a crisis Second New Deal – 1935 -1936 A move to the left Response to attacks from the left Third New Deal – 1937-1938 Court Packing Scheme

3. New Deal Coalition Big City Voters (Urban) Blue Collar Workers (union and non-union) Political Machines Farmers

4. New Deal Coalition New Immigrants/hyphenated Americans African-Americans and minorities The South Intellectuals

5. Court-Packing Scheme 1935 S.C. was conservative in 1933 Declared New Deal legislation unconstitutional – NIRA, AAA, labor laws 15 justices not 9

6. Court-Packing Scheme Never made it out of committee 1937/38 – Court reversed its course Expanded the reading of the Commerce Clause of the Constitution By 1940 conservatives were gone

7. Court-Packing Scheme Effects First real break in FDR’s popularity Hurt the New Deal Coalition Helped the Republicans

8. Social Security Act Major New Deal Legislation Old Age Insurance Unemployment Insurance Aid to Families with Dependent Children Its purpose was to provide a safety net

9. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Example of national planning Provided electricity Improved the standard of living Provided for industrialization Criticized as a move toward socialism

10. Opposition to the New Deal Against the New Deal Government was becoming too powerful Moving toward socialism Proponents of Change New Deal did not go far enough

11. FDR and Civil Rights Significant number of appointments for African- Americans and women Feared alienating Southern whites Refused to support an anti- lynching law and end of poll tax

12. The New Deal Today FDIC SEC National Labor Relations Board Social Security TVA