Opposition to the New Deal – Flashcards
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Which best illustrates public attitudes toward conservative New Deal opposition?
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The 1936 Republican presidential candidate lost in a landslide.
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Which would most likely have occurred if Franklin Roosevelt's judicial reform bill had become law?
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It would have concentrated power in the executive branch of the government.
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Critics saw Roosevelt's judicial reform bill as
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an attempt to gain influence on the Supreme Court.
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Which was part of Huey Long's Share-the-Wealth proposals?
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more vacation time for state workers
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Unlike liberal critics of Roosevelt's New Deal, conservative critics
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thought New Deal programs expanded government too much.
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During the New Deal era, which demanded respect for states' rights?
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the Conservative Manifesto
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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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In response to the Supreme Court's treatment of New Deal programs, President Roosevelt proposed the
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judicial reform bill.
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Father Charles Coughlin was best known for his belief that New Deal programs had not done enough to
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help the needy.
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President Franklin Roosevelt's judicial reform bill would have allowed him to
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appoint as many as six additional Supreme Court justices.
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Liberal leaders wanted to change New Deal programs by
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building on and expanding them.
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How did President Franklin Roosevelt try to stop the Supreme Court from rejecting his programs?
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by proposing the judicial reform bill
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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.
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Which best describes the legislative setbacks Franklin Roosevelt encountered during his first two terms?
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Supreme Court rejection of several New Deal programs and congressional rejection of the judicial reform bill
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Which strengthened conservative opposition to the New Deal in 1937?
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Franklin Roosevelt reinstated several government programs..
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Conservative Alf Landon, who ran against Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1936 presidential election, opposed
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New Deal labor and business policies.
