FDR’s
NEW DEAL
The Alphabet
Agencies
- Get out
your A.A.
paper
- Check 2nd
Period’s Quiz
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FDR’s FIRESIDE
CHATS
ANOTHER NEW DEAL CRITIC
NEW
DEAL
CRITICS
ANOTHER
NEW DEAL
CRITIC
And there were others…
Seriously ?!
There were many people and
groups who opposed the
FDR’s New Deal:
IMA Simp
was an
idiot who
never
knew what
was going
on
Election
Results
and
POPULAR
VOTE
-people
like…
Such as…another 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)
Dr. Francis
Townsend
California public health officer
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.
FDR’s Own Social Class
And
then
there
was
these
9
guys
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:
1) Selling "unfit chickens,“
2) Illegally selling chickens on an
individual basis
3) Avoiding inspections by local poultry
regulators
4) Falsifying records of poultry sold
5) Selling poultry to un licensed purchasers.
CASE #1 – Schechter Poultry Corp Schechter was convicted in a federal
district court, lost an appeal to the circuit
vs US
court, and appealed to the Supreme Court,
which reviewed the case in 1935.
ISSUE - STRIKE DOWN THE NRA
National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)
“CourtPacking”
Plan
What to
do…?
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
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