In a sense, the New Deal was progressive. Our Nation, along with most,
tend to become conservative with the passage of time. If you ask me, one
of the main reasons is that Old Wealth wants to stay current.
And opposition to the New Deal ? Some is fair and well-founded ; some is
just the bellow of ' John Birchers " weeping over ' my capital.'
Answer is white males
Reason
58% of males vote Republican
56% of Women are democrats
Catholics are about 50-50
Jewish are 2 to 1
On May 18, 1896 the U.S. Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson ruled that separate but equal facilities were constitutional.
I know one thing is priests were being executed, so they basically had to live a undercover life.
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