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QuizMultiple Choice

Goals and Policies of the New Deal

Question 10 • MCPSS AL-Grade 6 United States Studies: The Industrial Revolution to the Present - Summer School 2026

One group of New Deal opponents did not think the programs did enough to help Americans. This group most likely argued that the

Answer
A
programs needed to do more for the poor and elderly.
B
government needed to ensure wealth remained with the rich.
C
programs needed to let the economy take its own course.
D
government took too much power away from the states.

Explanation

Some New Deal opponents believed the programs did not go far enough to relieve poverty or support older Americans. They called for stronger aid, such as more help for the poor and elderly, so choice A is correct. Choices B, C, and D describe objections that the New Deal was too interventionist or gave the federal government too much power, not that it failed to do enough.

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