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Question 37 • Contemporary Studies

Conservative Alf Landon, who ran against Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1936 presidential election, opposed

Answer
A
limiting the president’s power.
B
New Deal labor and business policies.
C
government involvement in social issues.
D
cutting back on New Deal programs.

Explanation

Alf Landon criticized important parts of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, especially its policies affecting labor and business. He argued that these policies gave the federal government too much control over the economy. Choice A is the opposite of his position: Landon favored cutting back New Deal programs, rather than opposing cuts to them.

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