Montes Day 4: Impact of the New Deal

Impact of the New Deal

Day 4

THE SUPREME COURT AND NEW DEAL

•The greatest threat to the New Deal came from the Supreme
Court, the Third Branch of the United States.
•Supreme Court ruled some New Deal legislation (National
Industrial Recovery Act & Agricultural Adjustment Act)
unconstitutionaland FDR feared the Court might declare other
programs unconstitutional

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FDR’s Court-Packing Scheme

•FDR proposed a plan that would allow him to appoint new justices to the court.
(Court-Packing Scheme)

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Add a new justice for each justice over the age of 70

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This would have added 6 new justices to the Supreme Court

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Court-packing: adding justices to the court in order to shift the balance to a
liberal or conservative side

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Disruption to the separation of powers

Multiple Choice

Who posed the biggest threat to FDR's New Deal legislation (laws)?

• The British Parliament
• The American people

• The Supreme Court

• FDR's political opponents

Multiple Choice

How did FDR plan to address the challenges he faced with the Supreme Court?

• By proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the power of the Supreme Court.

• By removing justices from the Supreme Court.

• By adding new justices, known as the 'court-packing plan.'

• By ignoring the Supreme Court's decisions and implementing his policies regardless.

Multiple Choice

Why did people not agree with FDR's court packing plan?

• Because they thought it would lead to a more efficient judicial system.

• Because they believed it would reduce the power of the executive branch.

• Because they saw it as a way to increase the independence of the judiciary.

• They saw it as an attempt to undermine the independence of the judiciary (disruption to the separation of powers)

NEW DEAL IMPACT ON GOVERNMENT

IMPACT

•Government now had a responsibility to make sure the national
economy ran smoothly and efficiently.

•The New Deal greatly expanded the government’s role in areas
of social and economic life it had not been involved with.

•New Deal established government agencies, regulations, and
procedures that we still have today.
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Multiple Choice

How did the Great Depression and the New Deal change the role of the federal government?

• The federal government became less involved in the economy.

• The federal government continued as before

• The federal government became more involved in the economy.

KEY INDIVIDUALS IN THIS CHAPTER

Herbert Hoover: President when Great Depression
began. Believed in "rugged individualism" and failed to take
enough measures against the Great Depression.
Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR):Elected President in 1932;
introduced a New Deal program to get the economy moving again.
Eleanor Roosevelt: A political activist, who served as the eyes
and ears to her husband, President Roosevelt.

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