Identify which of the following statements correctly describe Populist criticisms of the New Deal and the Populists’ alternative proposals. 1. The American Liberty League became the most widespread and effective opposition to New Deal measures. 2. Dr. Francis E. Townsend proposed early retirement for Americans over sixty years of age in exchange for a pension payment. 3. Father Charles E. Coughlin criticized the New Deal for its failure to provide unemployment benefits. 4. Senator Huey P. Long advocated a drastic program of wealth redistribution. 5. Dr. Francis E. Townsend opposed the congressional proposal for the Social Security system. 6. The Communist Party and Socialist Party attracted mass support for their criticisms of the New Deal.

What did the first revisionist interpretation of the New Deal consider to be a major problem not highlighted by previous scholarship?Multiple Choicethe policies that increased rather than limited corporate powerRoosevelt's poor leadership, conducting the movement as an autocratits lack of a guiding philosophy that might have helped its reforms expand furtherits failure to help many disadvantaged groups like the urban poor and African Americans

The New Deal had many opponents. Identify the statements that describe the opposition to the New Deal.Correct Answer(s)Drag appropriate answer(s) hereDespite Republican opposition, the New Deal coalition dominated American politics for nearly half a century.In the election of 1936, Democrats and Republicans were finally united behind FDR’s New Deal and agreed on the positive impacts it was having on the economy.Republican Alfred Landon denounced Social Security and other New Deal measures as threats to individual liberty.Incorrect Answer(s)Drag appropriate answer(s) here

What did the first revisionist interpretation of the New Deal consider to be a major problem not highlighted by previous scholarship?

The most noticeable change in the Second New Deal wasMultiple Choicean unwillingness to place additional tax burdens on the rich.caution in the face of Supreme Court rulings that had struck down of some of the agencies of the early New Deal.a willingness to openly attack corporate interests.the adoption of some of the more radical plans of Long, Coughlin, and Townsend.a more aggressive move toward more liberal legislation.

QuestionWhich of the following best explains a long-term political change resulting from the New Deal?ResponsesPolitical alignments shifted as African Americans came to support the Democratic Party.Political alignments shifted as African Americans came to support the Democratic Party.The Republican Party split into factions as many reformers broke away to form a new party.The Republican Party split into factions as many reformers broke away to form a new party.Both major political parties came to embrace radical and populist ideas of reform.Both major political parties came to embrace radical and populist ideas of reform.Both major political parties came to support an isolationist foreign policy and sought to keep the United States out of war.