Demagogues in American Government

            Demagogues-is a person who uses the emotions and prejucies of the people to gain personal power. Second New Deal-attached monopolies and worked to bring back competition to the American economy.1)Permanent welfare legislation 2)More guarantees for labors right to collective bargaining 3)Heavier taxes on corporations and the rich 4)More controls on trusts and holding companies. TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)-was originally established in 1933 to harness the power of the Tennessee river to make electricity and to help bring irrigation to the people of the 7 states in Tennessee valley. REA (Rural Electrification Administration-expanded the TVA's work across the nation and brought electricity to rural areas. SSA (Social Security Act of 1935)-created to bring gov't help to the elderly and jobless of the nation. It created a system of retirement pensions, unemployment insurance, and care for the disabled or family dependents. NLRB (Wagner National Labor Relations Board-designed to help guarantee labor the right to organize unions and right to go on strikes. Act as a mediator between companies and strikers and help to try and work out problems before they led to disputes which couldn't be solved. Father Charles Coughlin-catholic priest that made weekly radio addresses attacking the FDR administration as being communistic and anti-American. Senator Huey "The King Fish" Long had originally supported the New Deal. Share the wealth. Judiciary Reorganization Bill-which would have allowed the Pres. To select a new Supreme Court judge for every judge that tuned 70 yrs old and had no retired after 6 months. The Great Depression was a time when law abiding citizens would hide outlaws form a gov't in which they had lost all FAITH. How much does Oklahoma Banker, Ira Green say he'd seen men being paid for 10 hrs cutting broom Corn 75 CENTS. Pretty Boy Floyd-proof during this time that law and order seemed threatened.

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