Opposition to the New Deal

Question 1

What was the Second New Deal?

Answer 1

Laws passed from 1935 onwards were part of the ‘Second New Deal’.

Question 2

What happened when the American Government cut spending in 1937?

Answer 2

Unemployment shot back up because all the laws and schemes that had been set up were now low on costs.

Question 3

What was Roosevelt’s motive for the Second New Deal?

Answer 3

He was facing a lot of criticism, they were aimed at reforming American society in terms of its living and working conditions.

Question 4

How many people voted against Roosevelt in the 1936 elections?

Answer 4

Over 16 million. He still won tho #FuckTheHaters #RooseyVForever

Question 5

List the 3 reasons why Business Leaders opposed the New Deal.

Answer 5

• Regulations on working conditions cut their profits
• Growth of trade unions affected how they could run their companies
• Huge cost of welfare programmes were paid by American taxes.

Question 6

List the 2 reasons why the states opposed the New Deal.

Answer 6

• TVA cut across 6 states, interfering with the rights/authority of individual states.
• Federal Government were becoming too powerful

Question 7

List the 3 reasons why Politicians opposed the New Deal.

Answer 7

• Republicans hated Roosevelt the Democrat because he didn’t enforce Laissez-Faire.
• Some conservative Democrats felt the same.
• Some radicals, such as Huey Long, felt that the New Deal wasn’t doing enough.

Question 8

List the 2 reasons why The Supreme Court opposed the New Deal.

Answer 8

-Its judges (mainly old and Republican) deemed several of the New Deal measures illegal. They said the rights/authority of individual states were being lost.
-In 1937, Roosevelt wanted to appointed 6 new judges to the Supreme Court in favour of the Democrats.
The Supreme court refused, but their opposition lessened after this.