HIST 2620 1nd Edition Lecture 23 Outline of Last Lecture I. Radical Voices II. New Deal II Outline of Current Lecture II. “Pack a Court”III. New DealIV. WWIICurrent Lecture“Pack a Court” -FDR didn’t like the Supreme Court because they kept denying his bills to be passed-his plan to fix the court was to divide it- 3 liberals, 4 consecutives and 2 “swings” -since FDR was upset about their decisions he made an argument saying that the justices were old and crippled, therefore they should no longer serve—this argument made him look bad because he suffered from a disease, which made him look like a hypocrite New Deal -the New Deal didn’t end depression-there were several things this plan did not do--bring about civil rights, women’s equal rights, and socialism-it did establish child labor, reestablish organized labor, make government responsible for securing citizens against bankruptcy, hunger, unemployment, destitution -Americans were getting use to the idea of social safety net which was a problem-WWII is the event that got us out of the Great Depression because we were making equipment for our allies-American followed fascism-we didn’t go through another depression after WWII because we kept a military economy because of the global threat of communismThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.WWII-Pearl Harbor: December 7, 1941-attacked by the Japanese -there were three attacks, most of the damage was done by the first two attacks and the third one was not necessary because of the damage that was done-America at the time did not want to get involved in another war because of the experience they had with WWI-FDR wanted to declare war—many believed he let the Pearl Harbor event happen so that it will give Americans a reason to go to war-the U.S. declares war on Japan -Germany and Italy declare war on the
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