Question

Read the quotation from Huey Long in which he speaks out against the New Deal.

Answer 1

The correct answer is C) It should be the government’s duty to ensure that citizens are fed without increasing taxes.

The best rebuttal to his claim that the New Deal programs were not benefiting Americans would be "It should be the government’s duty to ensure that citizens are fed without increasing taxes."

Let's remember that the United States was living difficult economic moments due to the Great Depression when Franklin D. Roosevelt became the new President of the US. He was very aware of the harsh economic situation and that is why, one of his first actions as the US President was to create the New Deal, a series of economic programs to help poor people and the US citizens that were unemployed after the stock market crash of October 1929, that initiated the US Great Depression and left millions of people without a job.

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer is C) It should be the government’s duty to ensure that citizens are fed without increasing taxes.

Explanation: