American History II
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FDR and the New Deal Are Challenged
Political/Economic Spectrum
Copy the diagram that is drawn on the board.
Authoritarian
Left
Right
Libertarian
Now find out where you stand on the political/economic spectrum by taking the test at
https://www.politicalcompass.org/test Notate you position on the spectrum by identifying
your position on the chart above.
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Using the power point entitled “Criticism and Expansion,” answer the following questions.
1.
What was happening to the New Deal programs?
2.
Why did Supreme Court Justice Harlan Stone say the “honeymoon was over?”
3.
What was the criticism of the New Deal from right wing conservatives?
4.
What was the American Liberty League?
5.
Who was in the American Liberty League?
6.
What did the American Liberty League believe about who would pay for the New Deal?
7.
What did many in the American Liberty League believe about the New Deal and American traditions?
8.
How were the critics of the New Deal on the left different than those on the right?
9.
What was Dr. Francis Townsend’s plan?
10.
What was Father Charles Coughlin’s problem with FDR and the New Deal?
11.
What was Upton Sinclair idea to help with the effects of the depression?
12.
Who was Huey Long?
13.
Of what was he accused?
14.
What did he want the people of America to organize?
15.
What were some of the pieces of his Share Our Wealth Program?
16.
If not for an assassin’s bullet, what was Huey Long going to do in 1936?
17.
What was FDR’s position on labor unions?
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What was recognized by the government as stated in the National Industrial Recovery Act as rights that every
worker had?
a.
b.
19.
What was established by Congress because many employers still refused to recognize or bargain with unions?
20.
What was its problem?
21.
How did the Congress rectify this problem?
22.
By what other name was this act known?
23.
How did this affect union membership?
24.
The Senator, who lent his name to this important piece of legislation, called the National Labor Relations Act
labor’s “Magna Carta.” Why?
25.
What was formed as an alternative to the American Federation of Labor?
26.
What kinds of workers did this union organize?
27.
What was the new tactic started by the CIO?
28.
To what did this kind of strike lead?
29.
What happened when FDR ran for reelection in 1936 against Republican Alf Landon?
30.
What is this type of victory called?
31.
Because of the overwhelming victory achieved by FDR and the Democrats in 1936, what did FDR want to do?
32.
What had the Supreme Court done in 1935 and 1936?
33.
How did FDR begin to look at the Supreme Court?
34.
What did FDR propose to do?
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35.
What was this called?
36.
Potentially, the Judiciary Reorganization Bill would allow FDR to appoint a new Supreme Court Justice for every
justice over 70 years old. If the bill passed, how many potential appointments could he make?
37.
How did FDR’s opponents view the “Court Packing Scheme?”
38.
What happened to FDR’s “Court Packing Scheme?”
39.
Although seen as a significant defeat for FDR, what began to happen as a result?
40.
What caused a recession in the fall of 1937?
41.
Who had been a strong supporter of Black rights?
42.
Because of this and the fact that New Deal Programs prohibited discrimination and the “Black Cabinet,” how did
political participation by African Americans change?
43.
What was happening to Mexican Americans?
44.
What New Deal Program was designed to help Native Americans improve their economic condition?
45.
Why were working women encouraged to give up their jobs?
46.
In spite of this, how were women affected?
47.
What was the last major piece of New Deal legislation?
48.
What did this legislation establish that had been voluntary under the now unconstitutional National Industrial
Recovery Act (NIRA)?
49.
What finally brought full employment and an end to the Great Depression?