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The republicans claimed that Roosevelt was behaving like a dictator and making the government too powerful. He was even compared to Hitler and Stalin! They said that the Tennesse Valley Authority and the National Recovery Administration schemese were just like the economic planning of the Soviet Union. They believed that the Social Security Act would undermine the American way of life by making people lazy and dependent on government help.
The Republicans also objected to the huge cost of the New Deal. they claimed to much of the money was being wasted; for example, the WPA was paying people to do unnecessary jobs.
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∙ 9y agoThey opposed the New Deal because of the huge costs that were needed for the New Deal, the tax payers had to pay a lot more, and the disappearance of Laissez Faire.
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Which is a common historical view of the New Deal?
President Roosevelt's personality was key to the success of the New Deal.
Was Amelia Earhart a Republican?
Amelia Earhart was a Democrat and supported a New Deal course of FDR, with whom (and his wife Eleanor) they were personal friends. She campaigned for FDR in the 1936 elections.
How many republican senators in the 2011 congress?
The new Congress now has 47 Republican senators.
Is Michael bloomberg a Republican?
Yes, he is a Republican. He was only a republican to run for Mayor of New York. He was a Democrat before the ran. He has now stated that he is an independent.
How did many people Southern and Northern view the republican Party?
During the latter part of 1800s, many people began to view the Republicans as party of the upper class, as the Republican leaders were often wealthier businessmen, and the party's actions did tend to favor business over farming.
What did republican barry goldwater view as an internal danger to freedom?
The New Deal welfare state
What political party created the New Deal?
Republican Party
Was the republican party in power during the new deal?
I would say no.
What did the republican party propose as an alternative to the new deal?
black people
Which is a common historical view of the New Deal?
President Roosevelt's personality was key to the success of the New Deal.
Which is not a common historical view of the New Deal?
The New Deal was implemented between 1933 and 1936 to help the United States out of the Great Depression. Because the New Deal is now considered to be very effective, a not-so-common view of the New Deal would be that it was a bad decision.
Ronald Reagan was a former New Deal Democrat turned?
conservitive republican
Is Nathan Deal a Democrat or a Republican?
Republican
During the great depression what did the republican party purpose as alternative to the new deal?
a free market
How was the New Deal coalition broken up?
The New Deal coalition was broken up by Presidential Election of 1968. Divisiveness in the Democrat Party led to a resurgence in Republican popularity.
What view did the new Republican Party and Free-Soil party share?
They wanted to keep slavery out of the territories
In 1932 Ronald Reagon voted for New Deal creator Franklin Roosevelt but by the 1950 he was?
He changed political parties from Democrat to Republican.
