How did Franklin Roosevelt address the criticisms made against the New Deal?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
a. To Republican and conservative opponents of the New Deal, Roosevelt defended the New Deal on democratic grounds.
b. Voters had elected him as president because he had promised them a “New Deal.”
c. Voters had also voted for members of Congress who supported the New Deal.
d. Roosevelt and Congress were merely delivering on the promises they had made to the people.
e. Roosevelt’s court-packing scheme sought to stop the conservative Supreme Court from knocking down key aspects of the New Deal.
f. To his critics on the left who argued that the New Deal did not do enough, Roosevelt introduced Social Security.
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