Critics of the New Deal

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This New Deal critic proposed a "share the wealth" program.

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Huey Long

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This New Deal critic proposed an old age pension program.

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Frances Townsend

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This New Deal critic advocated for what he called "Social Justice"

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Father Coughlin

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This New Deal critic believed that the New Deal violated the Constitution and American values.

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Republican Party

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The "old age pension" proposed by one New Deal critic is the basis for our modern _____ program.

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Social Security

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Huey Long believed that Americans could use their government incomes to purchase everything from a home to a/an ____

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Automobile

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One of the reasons that the Republican Party criticized the New Deal was because

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Roosevelt was a Democrat and it was an election year

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One thing that Father Couglin believed the government should do was

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Guarantee a living wage for workers

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Which quote most closely means "people have lost their work ethic and expect the government to take care of them."? Options: "one of the chief duties of this Government owned Central Bank is to maintain the cost of living", "It has destroyed the morale of our people and made them dependent upon government.", "there would be no such thing as a man or woman who did not have the necessities of life", "we must learn to expect and demand that the central Government assume the duty of regulating business activity"

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"It has destroyed the morale of our people and made them dependent upon government."

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Which quote most closely means "It is the government's job to make sure that businesses operate fairly and we have to make them do it."? Options: "one of the chief duties of this Government owned Central Bank is to maintain the cost of living", "It has destroyed the morale of our people and made them dependent upon government.", "there would be no such thing as a man or woman who did not have the necessities of life", "we must learn to expect and demand that the central Government assume the duty of regulating business activity"

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"we must learn to expect and demand that the central Government assume the duty of regulating business activity"