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New Deal CriticsChapter 16, Section 2
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***Despite his critics, FDR was a hero to MILLIONS of Americans***
***Even if his New Deal Policies did not perfectly help Americans economically, it gave hope to Americans.
***Hope & government aid for its citizens in time of need were the legacies of the New Deal.
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Limitations of the New Deal
• Women– Men received
preferred hiring status in relief jobs
– Many programs permitted lower pay for women
– Social Security did not include domestic work.
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Limitations of the New Deal• African Americans
– Reinforced racial segregation
– Excluded blacks from professional or “skilled” labor in large public works projects.
– Did nothing to stop the rising tide of lynching
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African Americans cont.• FDR didn’t want to alienate Southern Congressmen• Despite all this, FDR enjoyed wide support from
blacks.
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Critics of the New Deal
The New Deal goes too far: – Many critics saw New
Deal Programs as being socialistic
– Critics called most New Deal Programs “un-American” because they “smacked of Bolshevism”, and limited personal freedom.
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Critics of the New Deal
• Conservative Republicans believed the Social Security System penalized Americans by forcing them to pay into a system that they might not need.
• The rich HATED FDR!
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The New Deal doesn’t go far enough:• Many New Deal critics
(Socialists & Communists) said that New Deal programs should redistribute the personal wealth of the country & that the government should take even more control over the economy.
• Progressive & liberal democrat critics complained that The New Deal did not eliminate poverty.
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Huey Long • Champion of
rural poor.
• Political critic of FDR.
• Argued for the redistribution of wealth
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Father Coughlin • Catholic Priest
who was a flip-flopping critic of FDR.
• Lost support because of Pro-Nazi sentiments
• Both Coughlin and Long used half-truths and scare tactics, which lead them to become known as Demagogues
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Modern Day Critics• Burdened the
economy by creating “make-work” jobs rather allowing the free market to determine the need for jobs and farm products.
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• New Deal Programs were financed by heavier taxation that took money out of the pockets of consumers.
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Deficit Spending
• Spending more money than is in the annual budget.
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The Court Packing Fiasco
• Because the Supreme Court had struck down some of his programs, FDR wanted to put an additional six judges on the court that were friendly to his ideas.
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• Critics from all sides condemned this action as an attack on separation of powers. (Most condemned FDR action of his presidency). American politicians & citizens believed this made FDR to powerful believing he was trying to take over the power of the Judicial Branch.
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2nd New Deal cutbacks – FDR eventually started to scale back New Deal spending because of rising nation
debt
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