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Not everyone supported the New Deal. As a formula for economic recovery, the New Deal failed. Many businessmen and financiers did not support the economic measures of the New Deal. With the recession of 1937, many business leaders and politicians claimed that FDR's policies were a failure and the attempt to maintain prosperity during peacetime was not successful at all.
Many felt that the Depression was just part of the free enterprise (capitalistic) system correcting itself and the laws, such as supply and demand, of the free enterprise system would eventually heal the economy. There were some radical proposals. Huey Long (The Kingfish) from Louisiana gained some support for his "Share the Wealth" program. This would place taxes on the very wealthy and no personal incomes on more than one million dollars a year would be allowed. This appealed to the poor and middle class. Dr. Townsend proposed a monthly pension plan in which the federal government would pay a pension to all people over 60 years of age. The pensioners would have to spend all the monthly pension before getting the next months check, and they could not work. Father Coughlin was a Roman Catholic priest who had a radio program. He proposed a complete overhaul of the monetary system, including abolition of the Federal Reserve System. While FDR had his critics, none of their programs were ever adopted and FDR's popularity remained high and eventually the critics and their supporters gave up.
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What sharp economic downturn of 1937-1938 that New Deal critics blamed on the president?
The Roosevelt Recession
Which feature of the new deal would critics most likely call a boondoggle?
The works progress administration.
What were the two major criticisms of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal econmic policies?
Many critics questioned FDR's New Deal on shift from individualism to collectivism, and for his extensive economic interventionism
Who secretly helped the Allies with the invasion of the Western front?
If the question refers to the French resistance at Normandy in 1944, yes, they helped a great deal. Eisenhower credited them with saving a division's worth of Allies through their sabotage against the Germans and the information they provided.
Why did some critics say the new deal would lead to socialism?
Different people are going to give different answers to that. One opinion: opponents of the New Deal wanted to maintain the status quo--that is, keep the rich rich and the poor poor.
Why might critics of the first New Deal have favored the second New Deal?
Critics of the first New Deal favored the Second New Deal because the policies were made to give more long term reform programs to the recovering nations. There were some critics of the Second New Deal who felt this was a step toward Socialism.
What did the critics say about Muhammad Ali?
That Ali talks and boasts a great deal.
Did all of the major critics of the new deal felt that the programs of the new deal didnt go far enough to help Americans in need?
True
What sharp economic downturn of 1937-1938 that New Deal critics blamed on the president?
The Roosevelt Recession
Which feature of the new deal would critics most likely call a boondoggle?
The works progress administration.
In your opinion which of the following critics of the new deal posed the greatest challenge to president Franklin Roosevelt?
Yea
What did the 1936 election reveal about voters attitudes toward the new deal?
FDR'S landslide victory showed that most Americans supported the New Deal. Yet the New Deal still had many critics with their own sizable followings.
What best describes an economic change the critics feared would happen because of the New Deal?
The New Deal offered better wages, so sharecroppers might leave private employers
What were the two major criticisms of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal econmic policies?
Many critics questioned FDR's New Deal on shift from individualism to collectivism, and for his extensive economic interventionism
Why According to his critics why did President Roosevelt propose increasing the number of justices on the Supreme Court?
To get more New Deal supporters on the Court.
Statement best describes an economic change the critics feared would happen because of the New Deal?
The New Deal offered better wages, so sharecroppers might leave private employers.
What criticisms did critics on both the right and the left level at the New Deal?
There are multiple reasons politicians protested the 'New Deal'. From the Left, politicians argued that the 'New Deal' did not do enough redistribution of wealth. From the Right, politicians opposed more government welfare programs.
