b. Why did the New Deal encounter opposition?
Despite a landslide victory in 1936, Roosevelt had political enemies. The main attacks came from: Some thought that the New Deal went too far and others that it did not go far enough. Huey Long Opposition from the Right Republicans strongly opposed the New Deal. They resented the new, extended role of government that was part of the New Deal.They believed government should be laissez-faire and avoid interfering too...