A.
redraw the lines of Congressional districts so that more Democrats would be elected to Congress
B
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rewrite the Senate rules so that Republicans could no longer use the filibuster to block New Deal legislation
C.
increase the size of the Supreme Court so that he could appoint justices who would supply rulings favorable to him
D
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reduce the size of the House of Representatives so that fewer Republicans could vote against New Deal legislation
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The correct answer is:
C. increase the size of the Supreme Court so that he could appoint justices who would supply rulings favorable to him.
This strategy is often referred to as Roosevelt's "court-packing plan," where he proposed to add more justices to the Supreme Court to gain a favorable majority that would uphold his New Deal legislation, which had faced opposition in the courts.
