Opposition to the New Deal

Question 1

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

by declaring some of it unconstitutional

Question 2

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

a government-mandated redistribution of wealth

Question 3

During the New Deal era, which demanded respect for states’ rights?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

the Conservative Manifesto

Question 4

Which New Deal program was struck down because it regulated commerce improperly?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

the National Recovery Administration

Question 5

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

states should regulate their own affairs.

Question 6

Which was part of Huey Long’s Share-the-Wealth proposals?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

more vacation time for state workers

Question 7

Which best describes the legislative setbacks Franklin Roosevelt encountered during his first two terms?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Supreme Court rejection of several New Deal programs and congressional rejection of the judicial reform bill

Question 8

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

He supported parts of the New Deal.

Question 9

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

judicial reform bill.

Question 10

Which strengthened conservative opposition to the New Deal in 1937?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Franklin Roosevelt increased the number of Supreme Court justices.

Opposition to the New Deal Answers