Court Packing Political Cartoon Analysis

Notes 10.17

Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)

Works Progress Administration (WPA)

National Youth Administration (NYA)

Social Security Act (SSA)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

​Using your textbook, look up the programs written in red on the previous slide and prepare a description of each. Write out your definition on your notes packet next to the program on slide 10.17.

Agricultural Adjustment Act (pg. 491)

Works Progress Administration (pg. 498)

Social Security Act (pg. 501)

Tennessee Valley Authority (pg. 519)

Match

Match the following

• Agricultural Adjustment Act

• Works Progress Administration

• Social Security Act

• Tennessee Valley Authority

Lower crop production to increase prices

Employment programs

Old-age pensions

Rural electrification

• Lower crop production to increase prices

• Employment programs

• Old-age pensions

• Rural electrification

Notes 10.18

The Supreme Court declared
unconstitutional the NIRA and the
AAA.

Roosevelt responded by asking for a
bill to appoint six new Supreme Court
justices.

Why do you think that many
Americans might have been
concerned about allowing Roosevelt
to appoint six new justices? (answer on the next slide)

​For all of the short answer response questions throughout this lesson, you must use multiple complete sentences. Please use examples from the cartoons to answer your questions.

Open Ended

Look up the reason that the Supreme Court declared the AAA unconstitutional according to the textbook (pg. 493). Why was it declared unconstitutional?

Open Ended

Why do you think that many
Americans might have been
concerned about allowing Roosevelt
to appoint six new justices?

​Why is Mr. Pro in favor of Roosevelt adding Supreme Court justices into the court?

Why is Mr. Con against it?

Open Ended

What does "new blood" mean? Why would citizens feel like the Supreme Court needed "new blood?"

​Take a look at this cartoon. One of the acts we just researched (Agricultural Adjustment Act) has been ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

What character is Franklin Roosevelt taking on in this cartoon?

What character is the Supreme Court taking on in this cartoon?

What is FDR attempting to do? Would this action be acceptable in the middle of a baseball game?

Open Ended

What character is Franklin Roosevelt taking on in this cartoon?

What character is the Supreme Court taking on in this cartoon?

What is FDR attempting to do? Would this action be acceptable in the middle of a baseball game?

​What argument is this cartoonist making in this cartoon? Use evidence from the cartoon to make your argument.

Open Ended

​What argument is this cartoonist making in this cartoon? Use evidence from the cartoon to make your argument.

​Do you remember a cartoon like this from our Red Scare assignment?

That cartoon showed labor walking down the steps to "chaos."

For this cartoon:
Who is walking up these steps?

Where is he headed?

Do you agree that Roosevelt's attempts to alter the Supreme Court was "dictatorial?"

Open Ended

Do you agree that Roosevelt's attempts to alter the Supreme Court were "dictatorial?"

​This cartoon is a bit harder to decipher.

Who is the veterinarian in this cartoon?

What does the horse represent?

What is "public opinion" trying to tell Roosevelt?

Multiple Choice

Who is the veterinarian in this cartoon?

• FDR

• The Dead Horse

• Public Opinion

• Senate Judiciary Committee

Multiple Choice

What does the horse represent?

• The Agricultural Adjustment Act

• Roosevelt's Court Packing Scheme

• The New Deal

• None of these

Open Ended

What is public opinion attempting to tell Roosevelt?

Open Ended

Despite how unpopular Roosevelt's court packing attempt was, he went on to win two more elections. Why, if Roosevelt remained popular, do you think that this idea was unpopular?