Opposers Of The New Deal Flashcards
Who were the left wing opposers?
Upton Sinclair
Huey Long
Father Charles Coughlin
Francis Townsend
Who were the right wing opposers?
The Supreme Court
American Liberty League
Big businesses
Southern conservation democrats
Who was Upton Sinclair?
Started the end poverty in California campaign
Demanded redistribution of state ownership and economic activities
Socialist
Wanted less people to be poor
Who was Huey Long?
Senator of Louisiana
Supported the new deal however believed that it could be better
Wanted people of America with over $3 million confiscated and redistributed to poor
Going to go up against FDR in 1936 however was shot in 1935
Who was Father Charles Coughlin?
Isolationist
Had a radio show where he stated his hate for FDR
Radio show had 3-4 million listeners
Believed FDR as anti-god
Thought he was “a communist controlled by Jewish Bankers”
Thought FDR did not do enough
Who was Francis Townsend?
Wanted pensions for 60+ in 1933 to get $200 per month
To ay for the pensions they would put 2% tax on all goods
They could not save the money, they would have to spend it to be given more
500,000 townsend clubs in the USA
Who was the American Liberty League?
Formed in 1934
Want to preserve the right to earn, work, spend and buy property
FDR fundamentally changing the USA culture to alienate it from business culture
Al smith 1928 (presidential candidate) supported the league and so did the Du pont family ( owned the biggest chemical plant in the USA)
Who were the Big Businesses?
Opposed FDR
Felt threatened by government regulations and upper unions
Campaigned against public utility holding and wagner act
FDR Had gone beyond what was allowed in the USA constitution
Who was the Southern Conservative Democrats?
Thought FDR had made too many new laws and had to much power
Did not like his as he was taken over America
Who was he Supreme Court?
Thought the new deal interfered with peoples lives and took away peoples lives
Law could not be overturned if they were not constitutional
Had to wait for cases to come to them before they could be opposed
They believed that the new deal was illegal
Only 3 members of the supreme court out of 9 judges supported the new deal
