New Deal Critics

Question 1

huey long

Answer 1

• governor of Louisiana
• government is getting too large
• called FDR a socialist (too much control)
• was assassinated in Louisiana before he could run for president

Question 2

supreme court

Answer 2

• declared aaa constitutional
• FDR battled supreme court over government control
• the use of the government to improve the economy
• government should use money to help a bad economy grow
• unsure of the new deal

Question 3

keynesianism

Answer 3

• the belief that the government should fix things
• FDR was following this rule
• spending increases on a federal level to help the depression

Question 4

the “raw deal”

Answer 4

• some concerned over the total cost of the new deal
• government has too much control over lives of americans
• debt is increasing due to the spending on the new deal
• big business is upset (labor unions legal; strikes legal; minimum wage; tax on wealthy went up)

Question 5

remember this…

Answer 5

although FDR will have his critics and doubters, he is the only US president to ever be elected four times (1932, 1936, 1940, 1944)

Question 6

many big businesses were against the New Deal for all of the following reasons, except which?

Answer 6

it favored giving many immigrants jobs

Question 7

the supreme court was hesitant to pass the New Deal because of all of the following reasons, except which?

Answer 7

they were concerned with letting the immigrants take over

Question 8

during the controversy over the new deal, some people referred to bureaucracy as a vulture because _____

Answer 8

the government was watching every move

Question 9

who were the biggest critics of the new deal

Answer 9

big businesses