Opposition to the New Deal

Question 1

How did the Supreme Court frustrate Roosevelt’s New Deal legislation?

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by declaring some of it unconstitutional

Question 2

How did 1936 Republican presidential candidate Alf Landon react to the New Deal?

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He supported parts of the New Deal.

Question 3

How did opponents of the New Deal manage to end some of its programs?

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by challenging them before the Supreme Court

Question 4

Critics saw Roosevelt’s judicial reform bill as

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an attempt to gain influence on the Supreme Court.

Question 5

Why did many conservatives disagree with New Deal economic policies?

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Many conservatives believed in balanced budgets, low taxes, and low government spending.

Question 6

In response to the Supreme Court’s treatment of New Deal programs, President Roosevelt proposed the

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judicial reform bill.

Question 7

What did Huey Long’s Share-the-Wealth proposal depend on for funding?

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a government-mandated redistribution of wealth

Question 8

Conservative Republicans and Democrats disagreed with government involvement in the New Deal because they thought

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states should regulate their own affairs.

Question 9

Unlike liberal critics of Roosevelt’s New Deal, conservative critics

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thought New Deal programs expanded government too much.

Question 10

Over time, many liberals became concerned that Roosevelt’s New Deal programs

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did not provide enough economic opportunity.

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