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Grades 6, 7 and 8 - U.S. History - Middle School - USA: 1932-1941 - The Second New Deal
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Roosevelt believed that he would have to become more radical for the New Deal to work successfully. So both before and after the election victory of 1936 he introduced a series of more robust measures: the Second New Deal. This aroused much opposition - in the usual quarters, but also from the guardians of the Constitution.

Grades 6, 7 and 8 - U.S. History - Middle School - USA: 1932-1941 - The Second New Deal
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1. Schechter Poultry Corporation took its case against the Federal Government to the highest constitutional authority. What nickname was given to the case?
2. The American Liberty League achieved prominence in the mid-1930s. What was its principal agenda?
3. One of FDR's main critics was the Governor of Louisiana, Huey Long. By what nickname was he better known?
4. What did Long call his campaign to redistribute the nation's wealth in the interests of the poor?
5. The right-wing opposition to the Second New Deal came from rich business interests represented by the Republican Party. What kind of economic system did they accuse FDR of trying to establish in the USA?
6. One of the great pieces of legislation in the Second New Deal was the National Labor Relations Act, which considerably extended unions' rights when they were dealing with employers. By what name was this measure also known?
7. At the start of 1934, after a year of the New Deal, US unemployment remained very high. What was the approximate figure?
8. Which US constitutional body declared a number of FDR's alphabetical agencies unconstitutional, especially from the Second New Deal?
9. In the 1936 presidential elections FDR trounced the moderate Republican governor of Kansas. What was his name?
10. Father Charles Coughlin, of Michigan, suggested even more radical ideas. What was his proposed solution for the banking crisis?