Day 26 New Deal Controversies

What is one ongoing result of the New Deal?

• The federal government funds a space-exploration program

• State governments deny residency to persons working in other states

• State governments use property tax to fund socials security programs

• People can rely more on the federal government during times of economic distress

In response to the national crisis posed by the Great Depression, the U.S. government--

• abandoned deficit spending as a remedy for economic downturns

• dismantled financial regulatory agencies

• assumed a principal role in protecting economic stability

• decreased the number of federal entitlement programs

The farmers criticisms are similar to those found in--

• Warren Harding's advocacy of a "return to normalcy"

• Huey Long's proposal to "share our wealth"

• Charles Coughlin's rhetoric of " Christianized democracy"

• Hert Hoover's emphasis on "rugged individualism"

The creator of this political cartoon was expressing his concerns about--

• the Senate confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas

• the U.S. declaration of war on Japan after the bombing of Pearl Harbor

• the expansion of executive power during the Great Depression

• the involvement of the U.S. government officials in the Iran-Contra scandal

Speaker 1: The plan interferes with the Senates power to ratify treaties.

Speaker 2: The plan threatens the principle of popular sovereignty.

Speaker 3: The plan takes too much power away from the states.

Speaker 4: The plan gives the executive branch too much power.

Which speaker expresses the main argument against President Franklin D Roosevelt's plan to increase the number of justices on the Supreme court?

• Speaker 1

• Speaker 2

• Speaker 3

• Speaker 4