Second New Deal

Challenges to the New Deal

A. Criticisms1. Right

a. American Liberty League2. Left

a. Capitalism and farm policies

Challenges to the New DealB. Huey Long

1. Wanted the gov’t to share the wealth of the rich

Challenges to the New Deal

C. Father Coughlin1. anti-New Deal broadcasts

D. Townsend Plan1. To free up jobs for the

unemployed

Launching 2nd New DealA. WPA- Works Progress Administration

1. Largest New Deal agency

Launching 2nd New DealB. Supreme Court’s role

1. Struck Down some New Deal Legislation2. Launched

2nd 100 Days

Rise of Industrial UnionsA. National Labor Relations Act (Wagner

Act)B. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

1. Arbitrated disputes between employers & employees

Rise of Industrial UnionsC. Committee for Industrial Org. (CIO)D. Sit-Down Strikes

Social Security ActA. Gave relief to dependents, people with

disabilities