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Aim: What do we need to study for the test?. Do Now: How was the New Deal going to help the American people? HW: Study for test. New Deal and the Supreme Court. As FDR created programs to deal with the nation’s economy, the Supreme Court closely watched.
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Aim: What do we need to study for the test? Do Now: How was the New Deal going to help the American people? HW: Study for test
New Deal and the Supreme Court • As FDR created programs to deal with the nation’s economy, the Supreme Court closely watched. • The Court rules several New Deal laws unconstitutional. • NRA and AAA – unconstitutional due to the power over interstate control.
FDR’s Response • Roosevelt asked Congress to approve a law that would permit the President to increase the number of judges from 9 to 15 if the judges refused to retire at the age of 70. • Called the “Court Packing” Plan • It was not supported.
Evaluating the New Deal • WWII was basically responsible for ending the depression. • The New Deal helped people cope with the effects of the depression • Brought more power to the presidency and to the federal government. • It did not solve unemployment, the farm crisis, or under consumption.
Review • Sacco and Vanzetti – 2 Italian immigrants accused of robbery and murder – mostly because they were immigrants and anarchists. • US economy – booming due to mass production, people enjoying life after war, buying on credit. • Gov’t role – Laissez faire – business left alone.
Return to Normalcy – Harding’s slogan – return to a time similar to before the war. • Harlem Renaissance - rebirth of African American Culture – Langston Hughes – musicians, poets, singers. • Prohibition – 18th amendment – ban the sale of alcohol. • Women’s Rights – 19th amendment – right to vote. • Coolidge – laissez faire
Farmers – had overproduced, taken out loans, prices dropped • Scopes Monkey Trial – scientific vs. creation in school – testing the Tennessee law against teaching the theory of evolution. • Effects of Great Depression – people out of work – look to government to help them. Hoover – “prosperity is just around the corner”
Roaring Twenties – fads, fashions, flappers, overproduction, buying on credit • Hoover – Trickle down – eventually it will turn to better times. • Goal – get people working to feel confident to spend. • Impact – Power of pres and federal gov’t grew, programs found unconstitutional. Some still around today – SEC, FDIC, Social Security
Stock market – before – people buying on margin – after – people lost all their money. • FDIC – insures up to $100,000 • TVA – Tennessee Valley Authority – electricity to rural areas. • Labor Unions – allowed to organize under NLRB • Dust bowl – Mid west – due to over use of the land and drought. • New Deal Programs – alphabet soup of solutions.