22. DEPRESSION, DISSENT, AND THE NEW DEAL, 1929

Quiz for Solo Analysis Document 22.4 Retire or Move Over, 1937

Quiz for Solo Analysis Document 22.4: Retire or Move Over, 1937

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. What message does President Roosevelt convey in this cartoon?

President Roosevelt is being scolded by the judge.

Old judges have been serving too long.

Americans do not trust the Supreme Court.

The president wants to do away with the Supreme Court.

2. The artist drew President Roosevelt as youthful and strong and the judge as old and frail for which of the following reasons?

To argue that Roosevelt was trying to take too much power

To increase Roosevelt’s appeal with younger voters

To show disdain for the Supreme Court and its elderly members

To juxtapose liberalism and conservatism

3. What do you think the artist meant by the text, “A Free and Independent Judiciary”?

The Supreme Court was not part of the U.S. government.

President Roosevelt wanted to have a seat on the Supreme Court.

President Roosevelt was attempting to restrict the “free” aspect of the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court judges worked for free.

4. Which of the following ideas relating to the 1930s is reflected in the political cartoon?

Americans were scared of the Supreme Court justices’ decision making as they aged.

Many Americans blamed President Roosevelt for the Great Depression.

Americans felt the Supreme Court held responsibility for the success and failure of the New Deal.

President Roosevelt exerted an unprecedented amount of power.

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