Roosevelt’s New Deal as a response to the depression and compare

Roosevelt’s New Deal as a response to the depression and compare the ways governmental programs aided those in need.

FDR Overcomes challengers: Eleanor Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt spoke to many women and African American groups and relayed their plight to the President Though little progress in race relations was made, Eleanor helped promote minority and women’s rights

FDR Overcomes challengers: Huey Long Roosevelt’s New Deal Programs had opponents including Huey Long, a Senator from Louisiana. Started “Share the Wealth” clubs believing that the government should take money from the rich and give it to the poor. Wanted to run for President. Was assassinated 1935.

Court Packing The Supreme Court had struck down several of Roosevelt’s programs declaring them unconstitutional. In an attempt to control the Supreme Court, Roosevelt sent Congress a bill which would allow him to increase the number of justices on the court. This would allow Roosevelt to appoint justices who were “friendly” towards his New Deal policies.

Court Packing After much protest by Congress and many Americans, the bill was killed in the Senate. Roosevelt over estimated his power.

Neutrality Act As not only the U.S., but the world struggled to emerge from the economic depression, military dictators in several countries began to gain power (Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia). Worried that the U.S. would be drawn into another European war, Congress passed the Neutrality Act which made it illegal for Americans to sell weapons to any country at war and that goods purchased from the U.S. had to be paid in cash and transported on non U.S. ships. Why would Congress insist on goods being transported on non U.S. ships?