History of the United States II / Unit 11 USH2 1531 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Liberty League
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The idea
The American Liberty League, made up largely of conservative Democrats, called the Agricultural Adjustment Administration fascist and later New Deal programmes a threat to democracy itself.
In practice
Conservatives treating federal programmes as infringements on individual rights, as Digital History puts it.
Where people slip
The League came from Roosevelt's own party. The criticism from the right came alongside three movements from the left.
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