Why Did FDR Try to Change the Balance on the Supreme

question 85

Multiple Choice

Why did FDR try to change the balance on the Supreme Court?

• A) He feared the Supreme Court might invalidate the Wagner and Social Security acts.
• B) He was worried about being able to run for a third term as president.
• C) He needed the Court's support for upcoming war measures against Germany.
• D) He feared that the Supreme Court might invalidate the National Recovery Act or the Agricultural Adjustment Act.
• E) He feared that the Supreme Court might deem sit-down strikes unconstitutional.

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Definitions:

Instinctive Drift

The tendency of an animal to revert to instinctive behaviors that interfere with a conditioned response.

Innate Response

A built-in reaction to stimuli that an organism is genetically programmed to exhibit, also known as an instinct.

Conditioning Process

The method by which organisms learn to associate different stimuli and behaviors through reinforcement or punishment.

Instinctive Drift

The tendency for animals to revert to instinctual behaviors even after learning new behaviors that contradict those instincts.