THE NEW DEAL

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FDRs NEW DEAL The Alphabet Agencies - Get
out your A.A. paper - Check 2nd Periods Quiz
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FDRs FIRESIDE CHATS
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ANOTHER NEW DEAL CRITIC
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NEW DEAL CRITICS
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ANOTHER NEW DEAL CRITIC
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And there were others
Seriously ?!
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There were many people and groups who opposed the
FDRs New Deal
IMA Simp was an idiot who never knew what was
going on
Election Results and POPULAR VOTE -people like
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Such asanother critic
Found himself unemployed at the age of 67 with
only 100 in savings. Seeing many people in
similar or worse straits, Townsend embraced
old-age relief (key to ending the Depression)
In January 1934, Townsend announced his plan,
demanding a 200 monthly pension for every
citizen over the age of 60. In return,
recipients had to retire and spend their entire
pension every month within the United States.
Younger Americans would inherit the jobs vacated
by senior citizens and the economy would be
stimulated by the increased purchasing power of
the elderly. Several million Americans found
his plan refreshingly simple.
Dr. Francis Townsend California public health
officer
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FDRs Own Social Class
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And then there was these 9 guys
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CASE 1 Schechter Poultry Corp
vs US
Ruling on NIRA
FDR Administration ? Live Poultry Code fixed
the maximum number of hours a poultry employee
could work imposed a minimum wage for poultry
employees banned certain methods of "unfair
competition

• Charged by the U.S. Government with violating the
  poultry code by
• Selling "unfit chickens,
• Illegally selling chickens on an individual
  basis
• Avoiding inspections by local poultry regulators
• Falsifying records of poultry sold
• Selling poultry to un licensed purchasers.

Schechter was convicted in a federal district
court, lost an appeal to the circuit court, and
appealed to the Supreme Court, which reviewed the
case in 1935.

• ISSUE - STRIKE DOWN THE NRA
• National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)

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Court-Packing Plan
What to do?
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SECTION 5 THE IMPACT OF THE NEW DEAL

• Over time, opinions about the merits of the New
  Deal and FDR have ranged from harsh criticism to
  high praise usually along partisan lines
• Conservatives felt FDR made government too large
  and too powerful
• Liberals countered that FDR socialized the
  economy because Americans needed help

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LEGACIES OF THE NEW DEAL

• FDIC banking insurance critical to sound
  economy
• Deficit spending has became a normal feature of
  government
• Social Security is a key legacy of the New Deal
  in that the Feds have assumed a greater
  responsibility for the social welfare of citizens
  since 1935

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