Question

CHOOSE 2!

Why did Governor Eugene Talmadge strongly oppose President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs? Select TWO.

Talmadge opposed limiting executive authority.

Talmadge opposed expanding states' rights.

Talmadge opposed programs that benefited African Americans.

Talmadge opposed increasing government spending.

Talmadge opposed programs that threatened the environment.

Answer 1

Answers are:-

3. Talmadge opposed programs that benefited African Americans.

4. Talmadge opposed increasing government spending.

Step-by-step explanation:

Roosevelt’s government promised the people to put an end to Great Depression that America was going through. Roosevelt’s New Deal programs were aimed at “Relief, Recovery, and Reform”. There were refiled programs for the millions of unemployed people and for whose who were starving.

Eugene Talmadge was elected the Governor of Georgia four times and was known for advocating racism in the Georgia university system. He opposed Roosevelt’s ‘New Deal’. He has his arguments against the minimum wage law, which would hurt the private enterprises. He called the deal too costly and unnecessary. He supported low taxes and low government interference. Also, he was against the blacks getting equal pay as the whites.