After Franklin Roosevelt's Failed Attempt to Pack the Supreme Court

question 25

Multiple Choice

After Franklin Roosevelt's failed attempt to pack the Supreme Court

• A) Roosevelt was unable to make any changes in the Court.
• B) the Democrats lost the next election in 1940.
• C) Congress permanently set the number of justices at nine.
• D) much New Deal legislation was ruled unconstitutional.
• E) the Court began to rule that New Deal programs were constitutional.

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