During the Great Depression, a time period where the stock market crashed, arose Huey P. Long and Father Coughlin into national prominence. Huey P. Long, a Louisiana native, was a Louisiana Governor from years 1928 to 1932 and United States Senator from 1932 until he was assassinated in 1935. Huey P. Long was known for doing the unthinkable and having outrageous behavior. He was even noted for wearing green pajamas to business and political meetings. Father Coughlin, a native of Canada, was a priest. The priesthood of Father Coughlin was influenced by the last eighteenth century Catholic teachings that focused on conservative clerical activism. Both men were well-known voices during this time because they were very opinionated when it came to the topic of the unbalanced …show more content…
Although both men fought for the same cause, they went about their fights differently and shared different views. These differences are the reasons why we will remember them for many years to come. Huey P. Long, who was once an ally of Franklin Roosevelt, found himself going against Roosevelt in the end. The Fall of 1933 was the cause of the breach of the alliance simply because Long felt that Roosevelt did not solve the nation’s economic issues and did not change the distribution of the nation’s wealth among all American’s within the first “Hundred Days” of the New Deal legislation. Long then proposed the Share Our Wealth societies. These societies stood for every family owning a homestead of equal in value but no less than one-third the average family wealth, no family owning three hundred times the average family wealth and every family having an income equal
Diaz 1 Cherisse Diaz Mr.Deleeuw English 1 Honors 21 May 2015 Share our wealth and the connections it had with the great depression On February 23,1934 in a national radio address Huey long former Louisiana governor and U.S. senator proposed his “share our wealth” speech. Even though “share our wealth” is known as a speech it was a program designed to spread the nation's wealth and provide a decent standard of living to all Americans. Long created the program because during that time America was going through recession.
The predecessor of Roosevelt stated, “He criticizes me because I prosecuted the Standard Oil Company and the Tobacco Company through to the Supreme Court and got decrees there.” Both Roosevelt and Taft had well thought out campaigns that eventually morphed into attempts to turn the people
On the other hand, “Long believed that it was morally wrong for the government to allow millions of Americans to suffer in abject poverty when there existed a surplus of food, clothing, and shelter.” He blamed the mass suffering on a capitalist system run amok and feared that impending civil unrest threatened the democracy. “By 1934, nearly half of all American families lived in poverty, earning less than $1,250 annually.” Huey Pierce Long, also known as The Kingfish, was an American politician who served as the 40th Governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a member of the United States Senate from 1932 until his assassination in 1935. A Democrat, he was an outspoken populist who denounced the rich and the banks and called for "Share the Wealth."
Even though Hoover wasn’t re-elected after 1933, his failed attempt at laissez-faire still affected the American people. An example of this is Roosevelt’s attempt at counteracting Hoover’s Rugged individualism. During Roosevelt’s campaign he promised a ‘New Deal’ for the American people, where, especially in comparison to Hoover’s: ‘laissev-faire’, the US government would be more involved with businesses and the country’s citizens. Summed up, the ‘New Deal’ was about doing everything to keep the country from disaster.
In 1929, the stock market crashed, bringing economic devastation to all of America, and much of Europe. Many Americans were jobless and homeless, causing many problems all throughout America. The American citizens and people frantically tried to create coping methods fro life in poverty, and did what they had to survive, as our government was working to improve life for the American citizen. These fateful years would later be known as, “The Great Depression”, the greatest economic crisis in American History.
In 1924, Congress approved a payment to World War 1 veterans that they would receive a $1,000 bonus for their victory in the war by the year 1945. But in 1932, those veterans decided that they wanted their bonuses early because of the financial pressures they were under. Congress declined, so they marched to Washington, build camps around the city, and vowed to remain there until Congress approved legislation to pay the bonus. The very fact that the veterans, after fighting in the Great War, were willing to go through all this to get compensation from the government truly shows how much Americans at the time needed the money; if they were willing to march up to the Federal Government to demand money, the possibility of them demanding money through Huey Long’s economic plan was certainly applicable. The need for money that existed amongst the poor people, which was essentially the majority of the country at the time, was so intense that all these factors played a role in the rising tensions between the rich and the poor.
Earl Long, the younger brother of Huey Long, served three non-consecutive terms as governor and one incomplete term as lieutenant governor. During this time, he accomplished many things that helped to further develop Louisiana and change it for the better. His unique methods of governing and somewhat scandalous aspects of his personal life are what made him a memorable political figure. Earl Kemp Long was born on August 26th, 1895 in Winnfield, Louisiana. He was the son of Huey Pierce Long, Sr. and Caledonia Palestine Tyson and the brother of Huey Long Jr., George Long, and Lucille Long.
The wealth during the 1920s left Americans unprepared for the economic depression they would face in the 1930s. The Great Depression occurred because of overproduction by farmers and factories, consumption of goods decreased, uneven distribution of wealth, and overexpansion of credit. Hoover was president when the depression first began, and he maintained the government’s laissez-faire attitude in the economy. However, after the election of FDR in 1932, his many alphabet soup programs in his first one hundred days in office addressed the nation’s need for change.
With a strong mandate, FDR moved quickly during the first hundred days of his administration to address the problems created by the Great Depression. Under his leadership, Congress passed a series of landmark bills that created a more active role for the federal government in the economy and in people�s lives. During the first hundred days of his administration, Congress passed the Emergency Banking Relief Act, which stabilized the nation�s ailing banks and reassured depositors, created the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), the National Recovery Administration (NRA), the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA), and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Believing that work programs were better than relief, FDR secured passage
The Great Depression was a time during 1929 to 1939, It was the longest lasting economic disaster. The two presidents in term during this crisis, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover, approached this problem in different ways. Hoover’s idea on this was to have private citizens help each others, while Roosevelt believed the government should take care of its people with social programs. Looking at these ideas in more depth we can infer ways our country should go. Herbert Hoover served as president during 1929 to 1933.
Long had no filter in nearly every setting. He wanted the people to see him as one of them which he was not. He was a different person with good and bad intentions like his brother, Earl Long. Earl enjoyed buying things he had no use for such as chickens, goats, ropes, seed, and hams to give away to the people. Huey Long used childish tactics to win over the voters by saying things like his opponents hair wasn’t real or saying one pumped perfume under his arms.
In his New Deal, Roosevelt attempted to revise a number of characteristics of society which he perceived to be the least beneficial and could be easily improved upon. One such feature was the highly uneven distribution of wealth in pre-Depression society. In a radio address, Louisiana governor and U.S. Senator Huey Long outlined a plan to mend the, “bad distribution of this nation’s wealth,” which detailed that, “no family shall own more than three hundred times the average family wealth” while, “every family shall have an income equal to at least one third of the average family income in America.” (Doc E) An extremely liberal opponent of the New Deal, Huey Long insisted that the New Deal propose many radical changes to form a new society in the wake of one that led to an economic depression.
What other events combined with the economic crash to make the Depression so harsh? Urban centers had turned into uninhabited areas. Grim shantytowns, bitterly dubbed "Hoovervilles," were made from crates and cartons. Meanwhile, a drought withered crops and made the Great Plains into badlands.
History CA – Part C In 1929 the US experienced a huge change in economy known as the ‘Wall Street Crash’, this was the largest economic bust in American history. During the time of the economic depression, the president was Herbert Hoover, a republican who strongly believed in laissez faire, which essentially meant that he believed that things should be left alone, and not interfered with. Hoover believed that things would sort themselves out by themselves within a matter of time. For the citizens of the United States, this was seen as Hoover being useless, and not even attempting to make a change to the society, which was in ruins.
In a national radio address on February 23, 1934, highly acclaimed politician Huey Long conveyed a powerful message through his speech “Every Man a King” in which he addressed the politically corrupt American government. The unveiling of Long’s “Share Our Wealth” plan, a program designed to provide decent standards of living to all American citizens by spreading the nation’s wealth among the people, effectively revealed his radically Populist ideologies despite lacking a definitive analysis of how redistribution would work or even how it would change the structural order of power. In fact, the concepts professed by Long alarmingly resemble authoritarianism and are supported by the inclusion of various argumentative and rhetorical tactics. Ultimately,