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• Election of 1936

  ~FDR wins in a landslide again

  ~This second term was much harder than his first

  ~Criticism

  • FDR began facing pressures that his New Deal was expensive
  • The New Deal was not stimulating the economy enough
• FDR Responds

  ~To quiet his critics FDR backed off federal funded jobs programs

  ~He also attempted to balance the budget
• Effects of the New Deal

  ~Wealth was still unevenly distributed

  ~Did not lead to recovery in the US economy

  ~Changed the role of the president and expectation of government

  ~Unified african americans, immigrants, unions, and the poor all under the democratic party

  ~First time creating federal welfare programs
• Rise of Totalitarianism and Militarism

  ~Worldwide depression

  ~Totalitarian leaders came to power by promising jobs and promoting nationalism
• Rise of facism

  • There was extreme nationalism
  • Racial or cultural purity
  • Anti-intellectualism