Which action by President Franklin D. Roosevelt best supports the cartoon's viewpoint?

Many members of Congress opposed the plan shown in the cartoon because it would

Base your answer to the following question on the song excerpt below and on your knowledge of social studies.

“Come all of you good workers,Good news to you I’ll tell

Of how the good old union

Has come in here to dwell . . .

Don’t scab for the bosses,

Don’t listen to their lies.

Us poor folks haven’t got a chance

Unless we organize.”

— Florence Reece,“Which Side Are You On?”

This song from the 1930s expresses

"The tools of government which we had in 1933 are outmoded. We have had to forge new tools for a new role of government in a democracy – a role of new responsibility for new needs and increased responsibility for old needs, long neglected."

–– Franklin D. Roosevelt

President Roosevelt made this statement in order to

...I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people. Let us all here assembled constitute ourselves prophets of a new order of competence and of courage. This is more than a political campaign; it is a call to arms. Give me your help, not to win votes alone, but to win in this crusade to restore America to its own people.

– Franklin D. Roosevelt, Acceptance Speech, Democratic National Convention, 1932

In this statement, Franklin D. Roosevelt promised to

After the election of 1932, a friend told President Franklin D. Roosevelt that if he succeeded he would go down in history as the greatest American President. Roosevelt replied, "Yet if I fail, I may be the last one." This response reflected President Roosevelt's belief that the

That's Why We're Voting For Roosevelt

Herbie Hoover promised us "Two chickens in each pot,"

Breadlines and Depression were the only things we got.

I lost my job, my bank blew up, and I was on the spot.

That's why I'm voting for Roosevelt.

Hooray! Hooray! Herb Hoover's gone away,

Hooray! Hooray! I hope he's gone to stay.

For now I'm back to work and get my three square ev'ry day.

That's why I'm voting for Roosevelt. . . .

Wall Street sure is kicking for they know they're on the pan.

Franklin D. in Washington upset their little plan,

And now the one on top is that poor once forgotten man,

That's why we're voting for Roosevelt.

Hooray! Hooray! He banished all our fear.

Hooray! Hooray! Our banks are in the clear.

He brought us back prosperity, he gave us back our beer,

That's why I'm voting for Roosevelt.

Source: Thomas O'Dowd, 1936

According to the song lyrics, people support Franklin D. Roosevelt primarily because he

". . . The ever-growing complexity of modern life, with its train of evermore perplexing and difficult problems, is a challenge to our individual characters and to our devotion to our ideals. The resourcefulness of America when challenged has never failed. Success is not gained by leaning upon government to solve all the problems before us. That way leads to enervation [lessening] of will and destruction of character. Victory over this depression and over our other difficulties will be won by the resolution of our people to fight their own battles in their own communities, by stimulating their ingenuity to solve their own problems, by taking new courage to be masters of their own destiny in the struggle of life. . . ."— President Herbert Hoover, February 12, 1931

". . . I am prepared under my constitutional duty to recommend the measures that a stricken Nation in the midst of a stricken world may require. These measures, or such other measures as the Congress may build out of its experience and wisdom, I shall seek, within my constitutional authority, to bring to speedy adoption. . . ."— President Franklin D. Roosevelt, March 4, 1933

These statements illustrate a difference in opinion between the two presidents over

...I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished.

It is not in despair that I paint you that picture. I paint it for you in hope—because the Nation, seeing and understanding the injustice in it, proposes to paint it out. We are determined to make every American citizen the subject of his country's interest and concern; and we will never regard any faithful, law-abiding group within our borders as superfluous. The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little...

—President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Second Inaugural Address, January 20, 1937

President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the situation described in this speech by