Opposition to the New Deal

Question 1

Name the Democratic Senator of Louisiana who criticised the New Deal for not helping the poor enough?

Answer 1

Huey Long

Question 2

What was the name of the scheme to limit personal fortune to $3 million, allow maximum income of $1 million a year and to share out government taxes?

Answer 2

Share Our Wealth

Question 3

Who attacked Roosevelt for not doing enough to help the poor over the radio?

Answer 3

Father Coughlin

Question 4

Why did the rich resent the New Deal?

Answer 4

Hated paying taxes that were being used to fund the New Deal

Question 5

Why did business people criticise the New Deal?

Answer 5

• Resented government interference in wages, working conditions, trade unions

Question 6

Why did the Republicans criticise the New Deal?

Answer 6

• Republican political opposition to Democrats (Roosevelt’s party)
• Roosevelt’s actions were against ‘laissez faire’ (don’t interfere in business) and ‘rugged individualism’ (look after yourself, don’t rely on the state)
• Likened Roosevelt to a dictator trying to force his ideas
• Roosevelt’s ideas against the US ideal’s of free trade

Question 7

Despite opposition Roosevelt won the 1936 election with a landslide victory. How many voted for Roosevelt?

Answer 7

27 million (Roosevelt said “everyone is against the New Deal but the “voters”)

Question 8

Which alphabet agency was ruined by the case of the ‘sick chickens’?

Answer 8

NRA (National Recovery Administration)
NY poultry company were found in 1935 to have broken the NRA code by selling diseased chickens. The company appealed against the decision.

Question 9

Which organisation declared some of the NRA codes and the AAA were unconstitutional?

Answer 9

The Supreme Court

Question 10

How many new Supreme Court judges did Roosevelt want to appoint?

Answer 10

6

He had to back down as many thought this was against American system of government