Criticisms of the New Deal Flashcards
Which three groups criticised Roosevelt?
Supreme Court
Left wing
Right wing
Who are some left-wing people who criticised the New Deal?
Huey Long - senator of Louisiana
Father Coughlin - had a radio show with 3-4 million listeners
What did Huey Long want?
For wealth to be completely redistributed
Confiscated from Americans with over $3 million
Why were right-wing Americans unhappy with the New Deal?
They thought FDR was being a dictator
Businessmen wanted to work unrestricted
Money was given for being lazy
They had to pay high taxes
What did the Supreme Court specifically oppose?
The NRA was declared unconstitutional
Why might the New Deal be considered ineffective?
The Lend-Lease Program recovered the economy
12 million men joined the army by 1945, so unemployment was almost 0
What happened to the GNP between 1938 and 1944?
It doubled
By how much did American machine tool production increase?
700% from 1939-1945
