Criticisms of the New Deal

5th from right

Against socialism; these welfare programs would make people dependent on the gov't

3rd from right

The 1932 Wagner Act allowed workers to organize into unions

1st criticism from the left

FDR had to agree to too many compromises for political power. Couldn't end segregation.

4th from left

FDR should have spent more $ to fix the economy/Depression

2nd from right

FDR was a traitor to his social class. Worried about wealth distribution.

1st criticism from right

Fed. gov't bureaucracy was incompetent, untrustworthy and would infringe on local and state gov't

what economic view did Zinn have?

Marxist

5th from left

Policies helped big businesses and big farmers, but not smaller tenant farmers (AAA and NRA)

3rd from left

Policies reinforced class and racial discrimination (ccc and tva)

4th from right

The 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act that regulated min. wage/max. work hours

6th from right

The NRA and AAA both ruled unconstitutional; they ruled that the fed. gov't had no right to regulate commerce/farming as much as agencies did

2nd from left

The New Deal "relief and reform" only preserved capitalism. Didn't change the unequal distribution of wealth.