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Grab usual supplies Start warm up on New Deal agenciesI need help with page #s!! G9 test tomorrow. Tuesday is a good day! Slide 2 9.05: Responses to FDR & the New Deal Slide 3 Supporters of the New Deal Francis Perkins: Sec. of Labor 1 st female cabinet member Progress for women in the Fed. Govt. Eleanor Roosevelt Pushed FDR to hire more women in the Fed. Govt. Pushed to get more help for African Americans Mary McLeod Bethune Organized the Black Cabinet African American group that advised FDR on issues facing the black community Ensured New Deal programs were hiring African Americans Slide 4 Critics of the New Deal Father Charles Coughlin Wanted a guaranteed income & nationalization of the banks Dr. Francis Townsend Felt the New Deal did not do enough to help the poor & elderly Slide 5 Critics (Contd) Huey Long Kingfish Radical opponent of FDR Wanted to Share the Wealth Equally distribute nations wealth FDR called him the most dangerous man in America Slide 6 Critics (Contd) The US Supreme Court Questioned the constitutionality of the New Deal 1937: Court Packing Deal FDR attempted to pack the Supreme Court with supporters to get his New Deal legislation passed FDR seen as a dictator Slide 7 9.05 The New Deal & Labor Unions Slide 8 The New Deal Supports Labor & Unions!! Fair Labor Standards Act (1938)The Wagner Act (1935) Listed unfair labor & business practices Supported right of workers to organize & use collective bargaining National Labor Relations Board: Heard grievances of workers National minimum wage & work week 40 hour work week, down from 44 hrs $.25 to $.40 per hr. (1 st time) No one younger than 16 in factories No reforms in health insurance Slide 9 1932 Election Easily defeated Hoover b/c of Great Depression 9.05: The 4 Elections of FDR 1936 Election 1 st time African Americans vote Democrat 1940 Election Won b/c he said he would keep the US out of war & most people were comfortable with him 1944 Election USA involved in WWII & doesnt want to change Pres. during wartime Slide 10 By 1939 New Deal over & FDR faced with European problems New Deal did not end depression, but helped by creating jobs WWII causes end of depression New Deal compared to socialism Why? Created $40 bil. deficit 1 st time Fed. Govt. took responsibility for economic wellbeing of citizens Expanded power & debt of Fed. Govt. Impacts of the New Deal