Opposition to the First New Deal 1933

Question 1

The Republican Party

Answer 1

Found it hard to field a strong candidate because the party was still associated with its failures during the early 1930s

Question 2

The Supreme Court

Answer 2

It had increasingly declared legislation unconstitutional as Roosevelt’s first term of office came to an end.

Question 3

Example of opposition from the Supreme Court

Answer 3

The SC found the Farm Mortgage Act in 1935 unconstitutional because executive power should not have the authority to intervene in matters that were the preserve of individual states.

Question 4

The left

Answer 4

The left-wing groups might join together to form a third party to challenge Roosevelt in the next presidential election.