THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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Question
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Senator Huey Long, Dr. Francis Townsend, and Father Charles Coughlin are best known as
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members of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s cabinet
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outspoken critics of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal
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supporters of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s reelection campaign in 1940
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members of the Supreme Court nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Robert A. Taft, powerful Republican Senator from Ohio from 1939 to 1953. Taft was the leader of the Republican Party’s conservative wing; he consistently denounced the New Deal as “socialism” and argued that it harmed America’s business interests and gave ever-greater control to the central government in Washington.
Detailed explanation-2: -Some hard-right critics in the 1930s claimed that Roosevelt was state socialist or communist, including Charles Coughlin, Elizabeth Dilling, and Gerald L. K. Smith. The accusations generally centered on the New Deal, but also included other alleged issues, such as claims that Roosevelt was “anti-God” by Coughlin.
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