Spectrum of Opposition

2. Spectrum of Opposition • Liberal • Did not go far enough • Upton Sinclair and EPIC (won primary!) • Conservative • Too much • Interference with free market • Control over agriculture and industry • It’s simply socialism! • American Liberty League • Al Smith and business leaders • “Un-American” and “Bolshevistic”

3. “This country was built on business. During these years this process has come to an end because of government regulation and the development of a tax system that penalizes hard work and success.” The author of this quote ______________ the New Deal. A) opposes B) supports C) is indifferent about D) requests more information on

9. “Nine Old Men” • Supreme Court said programs unconst. • NRA: executive interference in legislature • AAA: agriculture is local; controlled by states • “Court Packing” Bill • Appoint six more judges = 15 • Damaged FDR: violating Constitution? Tilting toward tyranny? • With resignations, appointed 7 new judges

10. The “nine old men” who blocked New Deal programs were from this government group A) Congress B) Supreme Court C) Christian Coalition D) Executive Branch

11. FDR, who said he intended to use “unusually strong executive power to wage war against the Depression,” was heavily criticized when he tried to change this government branch. A) Executive B) Legislative C) Judicial D) Press

21. Demagogues • Father Coughlin • The radio priest • No clear message, just anti-New Deal • Anti-Jewish comments eroded support

22. “Our economy is no longer agricultural; our economy is the federal government. We farm now in Washington corridors and rooms.” This speaker was critical of A) Emergency Banking Relief Act B) Federal Insurance Deposit Corporation C) Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act D) Wealth Tax of 1935

24. Dr. Francis Townshend Old age pension plan

25. Demagogues • Huey Long • “Share the Wealth” • “Kingfish” • Salesman, lawyer, gov., senator, pres? • “Every man a king!” • Limit income and inheritance • “homestead allowance” and minimum income

26. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCtx34SnVC4 stop at 3:35 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlP9x-5pwsM start at 0:35

27. Today’s Media Opinion LeadersIn modern media culture, the most influential political figures are the ones who make the most money Bill O’Reilly $20 mill Rush Limbaugh $58 mill Glenn Beck $33 mill Sean Hannity $22 mill Jon Stewart $15 mill Don Imus $11 mill Sarah Palin $14 mill Bill Clinton $8 mill

28. Today’s Media Opinion Leaders • 9) Keith Olbermann $7 mill • 10) Rudy Guiliani $7 mill • 11) Laura Ingraham $7 mill • 12) Newt Gingrich $5 mill • 13) Madeline Albright $5 mill • 14) Stephen Colbert $5 mill • 15) Arianna Huffington $5 mill • 16) Mark Levin $5 mill • 17) Chris Matthews $4 mill • 18) George W. Bush $4 mill • 19) Bill Maher $4 mill • 20) Barack Obama $4 mill

29. 1936 Election • Alf Landon vs. “the Champ” • “F. D.eficit R.” • “Let’s Make it a Landon-Slide” • “Remember Hoover?” • “Are you better off now than four years ago?”

32. Landon won two states “As Maine goes, so goes Vermont”

33. Which of the following was a campaign slogan for Roosevelt? A) “A chicken in every pot, and a car in every garage.” B) “F. D.eficit R.” C) “Are you better off now than you were four years ago?” D) “Into the Red with Roosevelt!”

34. Referendum for more reform