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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 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
Which feature of the new deal would critics most likely call a boondoggle?
The works progress administration.
What sharp economic downturn of 1937-1938 that New Deal critics blamed on the president?
The Roosevelt Recession
What were the aims of the New Deal and second New Deal?
The "first" New Deal dealt with mostly immediate measures of getting the unemployed back to work and providing welfare and recovery. As the Depression continued, FDR began to feel the heat of his critics, both left (Huey Long, Share the Wealth, Charles Townsend, socialists) and right (conservative businessmen, laissez-faire supporters, anti NIRA regulations). To combat these critics, FDR proposed a new set of economic and social measures (the Second New Deal) to fight unemployment and poverty, and to provide real jobs to decrease the unemployment rate. Examples of the Second New Deal included the WPA, which was the major relief agency of the New Deal. It was to provide work, not welfare. And Social Security to provide old age pensions.
What is the 2nd new deal during the great depression?
The "first" New Deal dealt with mostly immediate measures of getting the unemployed back to work and providing welfare and recovery. As the Depression continued, FDR began to feel the heat of his critics, both left (Huey Long, Share the Wealth, Charles Townsend, socialists) and right (conservative businessmen, laissez-faire supporters, anti NIRA regulations). To combat these critics, FDR proposed a new set of economic and social measures to fight unemployment and poverty, and to provide real jobs to decrease the unemployment rate. Examples of the Second New Deal included the WPA, which was the major relief agency of the New Deal. It was to provide work, not welfare. The major new piece of legislation during the Second New Deal was the Social Security Act of 1935. It provided insurance for the aged, unemployed, and disabled and it was based on contributions by both employers and employees.
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
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 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
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.
Which feature of the new deal would critics most likely call a boondoggle?
The works progress administration.
What sharp economic downturn of 1937-1938 that New Deal critics blamed on the president?
The Roosevelt Recession
When was the 2nd New Deal written midway through the Great Depression?
To combat critics, who saw the economy declining in the mid 1930s, FDR proposed a new set of economic and social measures to fight unemployment and poverty, and to provide real jobs to decrease the unemployment rate. Examples of the Second New Deal included the WPA, which was the major relief agency of the New Deal. It was to provide work, not welfare. The major new piece of legislation during the Second New Deal was the Social Security Act of 1935. It provided insurance for the aged, unemployed, and disabled and it was based on contributions by both employers and employees.
What were the aims of the New Deal and second New Deal?
The "first" New Deal dealt with mostly immediate measures of getting the unemployed back to work and providing welfare and recovery. As the Depression continued, FDR began to feel the heat of his critics, both left (Huey Long, Share the Wealth, Charles Townsend, socialists) and right (conservative businessmen, laissez-faire supporters, anti NIRA regulations). To combat these critics, FDR proposed a new set of economic and social measures (the Second New Deal) to fight unemployment and poverty, and to provide real jobs to decrease the unemployment rate. Examples of the Second New Deal included the WPA, which was the major relief agency of the New Deal. It was to provide work, not welfare. And Social Security to provide old age pensions.
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 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.
How did the second new deal respond to these new criticisms?
The "first" New Deal dealt with mostly immediate measures of getting the unemployed back to work and providing welfare and recovery. As the Depression continued, FDR began to feel the heat of his critics, both left (Huey Long, Share the Wealth, Charles Townsend, socialists) and right (conservative businessmen, laissez-faire supporters, anti NIRA regulations). To combat these critics, FDR proposed a new set of economic and social measures to fight unemployment and poverty, and to provide real jobs to decrease the unemployment rate. Examples of the Second New Deal included the WPA, which was the major relief agency of the New Deal. It was to provide work, not welfare. The major new piece of legislation during the Second New Deal was the Social Security Act of 1935. It provided insurance for the aged, unemployed, and disabled and it was based on contributions by both employers and employees.
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.
