Opposition to the New Deal — Quiz

Question 1

What did Huey Long’s Share-the-Wealth proposal depend on for funding?

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a government-mandated redistribution of wealth

Question 2

How did 1936 Republican presidential candidate Alf Landon react to the New Deal?

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He supported parts of the New Deal.

Question 3

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.

Question 4

Unlike liberal critics of Roosevelt’s New Deal, conservative critics

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thought New Deal programs expanded government too much.

Question 5

Conservative Republicans and Democrats disagreed with government involvement in the New Deal because they thought

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states should regulate their own affairs.

Question 6

Most opposition to New Deal programs came from

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Republicans and conservative Democrats.

Question 7

During the New Deal era, which demanded respect for states’ rights?

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the Conservative Manifesto

Question 8

Which strengthened conservative opposition to the New Deal in 1937?

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Franklin Roosevelt increased the number of Supreme Court justices.

Question 9

Over time, many liberals became concerned that Roosevelt’s New Deal programs

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did not provide enough economic opportunity.

Question 10

Which was part of Huey Long’s Share-the-Wealth proposals?

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more vacation time for state workers

Opposition to the New Deal — Quiz Answers