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Zorluk: OrtaThe New Deal: Policies, Reforms, and Debates

"The Tennessee Valley Authority is not a mere flood control or navigation project. It is a utility empire, owned by the government, operating in direct competition with private enterprise, using taxpayers' money to destroy the investments of citizens who built the private systems. If the government can go into the power business in competition with its own citizens, it can go into any other business."
— Wendell Willkie, president of the Commonwealth & Southern Corporation, 1935

Which of the following debates from the New Deal era is most directly reflected in the excerpt?

  1. A
    The debate over whether the federal government should adopt a completely laissez-faire approach by eliminating all business regulations and tariffs
  2. The proper balance of power between federal intervention and private enterpriseCevap
  3. C
    The belief that government-sponsored infrastructure projects like the Tennessee Valley Authority fully ended the Great Depression
  4. D
    The political division over whether the program should be expanded to create a universal, federal healthcare system

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The proper balance of power between federal intervention and private enterprise
The correct answer is correct because Wendell Willkie's critique of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) as a 'utility empire' in competition with private enterprise directly addresses the debate over the limits of federal power and the government's role in the national economy.

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1
Analyze the source and author of the stimulus.
The source is Wendell Willkie, a private utility executive, criticizing the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in 1935.
Understanding the author's background explains their perspective as a private business owner facing government competition.
2
Identify the core argument of the critic in the excerpt.
Willkie argues that the TVA represents government-owned enterprise competing directly and unfairly with private companies using taxpayer money.
This establishes that the critique is about the government entering the business domain rather than just regulating it.
3
Connect this argument to broader New Deal debates.
This critique represents the fundamental debate over the extent of federal power and whether the government should directly compete with or replace private industries.
This links the specific historical example of the TVA to the overarching AP U.S. History concept of New Deal debates over federal power.

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Debates over the expansion of federal power and government intervention under the New Deal
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The New Deal: Policies, Reforms, and Debates

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