History HW - Write 2 page paper,answer 13 questions, create complex thesis per instructions

700 CHAPTER 23

MAIN IDEA 2. TAKING NOTES

In a two-column chart, list problems that President Roosevelt confronted and how he tried to solve them.

Write a paragraph telling which solution had the greatest impact, and why.

CRITICAL THINKING 3. EVALUATING

Of the New Deal programs discussed in this section, which do you consider the most important? Explain your choice. Think About:

• the type of assistance offered by each program

• the scope of each program • the impact of each program

4. EVALUATING LEADERSHIP Do you think Roosevelt was wrong to try to “pack” the Supreme Court with those in favor of the New Deal? Explain your answer.

5. DEVELOPING HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE The New Deal has often been referred to as a turning point in American history. Cite examples to explain why.

Solutions

•Franklin Delano Roosevelt •New Deal •Glass-Steagall Act

•Federal Securities Act •Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

•Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

•National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)

•deficit spending •Huey Long

1. TERMS & NAMES For each of the terms and names below, write a sentence explaining its significance.

Every Sunday, Father Charles Coughlin, a Roman Catholic priest from a suburb of Detroit, broadcast radio sermons that combined economic, political, and religious ideas. Initially a supporter of the New Deal, Coughlin soon turned against Roosevelt. He favored a guaranteed annual income and the nationalization of banks. At the height of his popularity, Father Coughlin claimed a radio audience of as many as 40–45 million people, but his increasingly anti-Semitic (anti-Jewish) views eventually cost him support.

Another critic of New Deal policies was Dr. Francis Townsend, a physician and health officer in Long Beach, California. He believed that Roosevelt wasn’t doing enough to help the poor and elderly, so he devised a pension plan that would provide monthly benefits to the aged. The plan found strong back- ing among the elderly, thus undermining their support for Roosevelt.

Perhaps the most serious challenge to the New Deal came from Senator Huey Long of Louisiana. Like Coughlin, Long was an early supporter of the New Deal, but he, too, turned against Roosevelt. Eager to win the presidency for himself, Long proposed a nationwide social program called Share-Our-Wealth. Under the banner “Every Man a King,” he promised something for everyone.

A PERSONAL VOICE HUEY LONG “ We owe debts in America today, public and private, amounting to $252 billion. That means that every child is born with a $2,000 debt tied around his neck. . . . We propose that children shall be born in a land of opportunity, guaranteed a home, food, clothes, and the other things that make for living, including the right to education.”

—Record, 74 Congress, Session 1

Long’s program was so popular that by 1935 he boasted of having perhaps as many as 27,000 Share-Our-Wealth clubs and 7.5 million members. That same year, however, at the height of his popularity, Long was assassinated by a lone gunman.

As the initial impetus of the New Deal began to wane, President Roosevelt started to look ahead. He knew that much more needed to be done to help the people and to solve the nation’s economic problems.

Huey Long

Vocabulary nationalization: conversion from private to governmental ownership

Problems