oppositions to the new deal

Question 1

main criticisms

Answer 1

o Gov spending was too much public money
o New deal destroyed people’s initiative: welfare bad for a man’s spirit
o Centralisation of federal power

Question 2

opposition from the right

Answer 2

• big businesses and republicans
  o Business leader believed the ND interfered with their freedom to manage business the way they wanted
  o Disliked NRA – felt trade unions too powerful
  o The rich disliked extra taxes

Question 3

opposition from the left

Answer 3

• socialists and populists
  o These groups attacked the ND because they felt that it did not do enough to help the poor and underprivileged
  o Although trade unions had more status, workers in many industries were still paid low wages
  o Huey Long
  o Father Charles Coughlin
  o Dr Francis Townsend
  o A case of Sick Chickens