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The New Deal Coalition & Opposition
What political forces bring the New Deal together and why do some oppose it?
R. Brown 2008
What we are trying to accomplish
Use a simple logical progression to impart understanding of a complex era
Breaking down into a series of common pieces or parts that are used to build conceptual understanding and evaluation
Analyze three documents that are crucial to understanding the impact of the New Deal
R. Brown 2008
The Schedule
Intro / Background Indirect Causes Direct Causes Events Impact Good / Bad?
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Introduction
FDR brought in a new type of administrator to the federal government. Instead of the uber-wealthy patrician, he brought in Ivy Leaguers and social reformers. Their underlying philosophy was that the national government had the right and duty to intervene in the economy to improve the lives of Americans. These reformers were not necessarily political or economic ideologues, but were pragamatists. They tried something, if it didn’t work then they tried something else.
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Introduction
Perhaps the only common vein running through FDR’s Brain Trust was that they did not believe in pure laissez faire economics. Rather they believed generally that the government had more responsibility than under the “old” system but were at odds over exactly how. There were anti-trust men, there were men who wanted central economic planning, and there were others who wanted the government and business to cooperate.
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What brings together a diverse collection of groups to support
the New Deal?
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Indirect Causes
Forgotten Man African-Americans Southerners Ethnic Northerners
Catholics Jews
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Direct Causes
Impact of Depression
Eleanor Roosevelt Brain Trust African-American
Vote
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Events
I think we have seen enough of this to call it quits for a while
There is more to come though
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Impact
Creation of Alphabet agencies
Attempts to ease the depression
Improvement in unemployment and GNP
Unfairness in implementation of programs
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Blessing or Burden?
Was the New Deal a blessing or a burden? Was it good or bad?
If you were the President during the Depression what would you do?
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Anti-New Deal or More New Deal?
Opposition to New Deal from Left and Right
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Reasons of Opposition
Left New Deal didn’t do
enough Relief was run
through local pols The rich had not
been reigned in
Right Was too socialistic Cost too much Communists in WPA FDR being
dictatorial
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Huey P Long
The King Fish Every Man a King Share Our Wealth Tax the hound out of
the wealthy Assassinated in the
La State House
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Every Man a King
ARTISTWhat is meant by the motto “Every Man
a King”?How will every man become a king?What are the parts of this plan?Where did all of the problems stem
from?
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Father Coughlin & Dr Townshend
Microphone Messiah
Social Justice Program
Old Age pensions
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Father Coughlin
ARTISTHe lists 15 things that are social justice,
what do they have in common?How does the National Union feel about
private property?What do they want to do with utilities?How long will this movement take to
accomplish?
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Dr. Townshend
ARTISTWhy do old people need pensions?How will this program be funded?How does the good doctor see our
attitude toward government as wrong?
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Impact of anti-New Dealers
Curbing of New Deal by 1936Congressional controlsCourt Packing fiasco
Will see this in a little bitSouthern opposition to civil rights
clauses
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Anti-New Dealers
Burden or Blessing? Did they do good or bad?
If you had been the President what would you have done in response to their attacks?
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