What challenges did Roosevelt face as he implemented his New Deal programs?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. Discontent was widespread by 1935 as Progressives and agrarian radicals called for government action to raise farm and labor income.
2. Father Charles Coughlin, a Roman Catholic priest from Detroit, denounced the New Deal and founded his own National Union for Social Justice. Coughlin called for monetary inflation and nationalizing the banking system in his weekly radio sermons to an audience of more than 30 million.
3. Physician Francis Townsend proposed giving everyone over the age of 60 a monthly pension, a plan that was embraced by the elderly as they joined Townsend Clubs across the country.
4. Senator Huey Long from Louisiana created a “Share the Wealth” movement that involved seizing money from millionaires, taxing incomes greater than $1 million at 100 percent, and guaranteeing every American a home worth $5,000 and an annual income of $2,500.
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A) Byblos. B) Jerusalem. C) Babylon. D) Tyre. E) Sidon.
When the Bush administration began the invasion of Iraq in 2003
a. it followed the Pentagon's recommendations regarding the troops needed. b. it sought to create in Iraq a pro-U.S. government and a new economic order tied to U.S. companies. c. a ground attack was begun without any air support. d. news reporters were not allowed to accompany troops. e. it started in the month of May before the weather got too hot.
According to Green and Van Oort, advertising has served as a key site for the dissemination of dominant discourses on:
a. sexuality. b. emphasized femininity. c. social class. d. masculinity.
In what way did the outcome of the Spanish-American War fulfill Theodore Roosevelt's hopes for it?
A) It gave the United States influence and eventually dominance in Latin America and Asia. B) It made the United States a world power, equal to European imperialist countries. C) It gave the United States more foreign markets for its surplus of industrialized goods. D) It gave the United States influence in the Caribbean, it helped further annexation in Hawaii, and it was the impetus to creating a powerful navy. E) It freed Cuba, it gave Americans something to think about other than material gain, and it gave the army and navy practice.