HIST 2112 1ST Edition Lecture 16 Outline of Last Lecture I Federal Emergency Relief Act II Tennessee Valley Authority TVA III National Industrial Recovery Act NIRA IV V VI VII VIII Public Works Administration PWA Agricultural Adjustment Act AAA Very Important New Deal Critics In return FDR creates a Second New Deal Congress Fights Back Outline of Current Lecture IX The Legacy of the New Deal X Paul Conkin The New Deal XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII Japanese invade Manchuria Fascism National Socialist German Workers Party NAZI 1935 Italy invades Ethiopia 1936 Rome Berlin Axis 1937 Japanese invade China 1938 Hitler s expansion Current Lecture 10 15 13 Legacy of the New Deal Foreign Crises Look at key terms to study for multiple choice on exam The Legacy of the New Deal The New Deal introduced government involvement and support of the economy at a level the US had never seen However some believed it was geared toward Socialism more than capitalism Many programs ex Social Security are still in existence some under different names Strong congressional lobby for Agriculture the new name for the AAA was about the government helping farmers who cannot make it in the market alone FDR didn t make much effort to educate about government action guaranteed level of government spending direct and indirect subsidy Was the New Deal a failure GDP Charts These 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 Stock Market crash was a symptom of Depression The cause was the failure of the economy s ability to bounce back since it was based solely on debt and Maldistribution of wealth Paul Conkin The New Deal Historian Paul K Conkin summed up the New Deal in this way From almost any perspective the New Deal solved a few problems ameliorated others obscured many and created unanticipated new ones This is about all our political system can generate even in a crisis American society survived a threat to social stability faith in generational upward social mobility and perhaps democracy itself While the New Deal did not end the Great Depression something fundamental changed Before 1933 most Americans did not see the national government as the guarantor of their economic wellbeing From the New Deal onward the public looked to government for economic prosperity even if the means to that end have remained a matter of debate In the immediate future the people and the government would have to lean on each other for survival The nation s economy was about to be reinvigorated but at a terrible cost The nation stood poised to become embroiled in another massive worldwide conflict World War II 1931 Japanese invade Manchuria League of Nations proves ineffective Japanese army attacked Chinese troops in Manchuria It was an attempt by the Japanese Empire to gain control over the whole province in order to eventually gain all of East Asia This was one of the causes of WWII Fascism Germany lost big segments of territory to Poland Alsace Lorraine and Belgium More than loss of acreage crippled Germans they lost populations factories etc Also were damaged by reparation payments which created massive inflation and strain on economy same with Italy Both nations turned toward fascism Fascism is when everything in society must be subordinate to the army A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator stringent socioeconomic controls suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism 1922 Mussolini Italy Hitler s role model focused on tactics appearance Run out of Italy spot where Mussolini was killed is marked by a small plate Made trains run on time introduced order to Italy brought patriotism thru violent tactices National Socialist German Workers Party NAZI To put Germany back as a world power Violent tactics 1933 Adolf Hitler Austrian painter low origins yet charismatic Symbol of restoration of German glory Promises to regain German territory Totalitarian regime militarism All about strengthening government World in comparison to Germany and Italy was acting in isolationism and pacifism due to unhappiness with war 1935 Italy invades Ethiopia League of Nations is invisible Italy invades Ethiopia for oil and Italian national prestige 1936 Rome Berlin Axis Formed by Mussolini and Hitler axis connection Hitler violates Versailles Treaty and occupies territory Rhineland Britain and France fear Hitler Fascist uprising in Spain Feeling of menace in Spain 1937 Japanese invade China Japan expanding Japan joins axis 1937 Anti Comintern Pact Germany Italy Japan Rome Berlin Tokyo Axis 1938 Hitler s expansion Hitler moves into new level of restoring German power and territory He stages a bloodless take over of Austria Anschluss Sudetenland Munich Occupied by Sudeten Germans Hitler wants Sudetenland Prime Ministers meet with Hitler to annex Sudetenland as long as he does not take over the rest of Czechoslovakia HOWEVER Hitler breaks the promise and heads even further down an aggressive path