How Did President Roosevelt Respond to the Challenge of Republican

question 57

Multiple Choice

How did President Roosevelt respond to the challenge of Republican Alfred M. Landon in the 1936 election?

• A) He decried the "economic royalists" who denied that government could protect its citizens in their right to work and live.
• B) He lambasted his critics on the left for their irresponsible spending plans and immature proposals.
• C) He could do little else except point out that, under his administration, the Great Depression had been defeated and good times were back again.
• D) He tried to focus the debate on the difference between his likable personality and the stiff deliveries of his opponent.

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