Question

Throwback Question: Which similarity exists between Southern Democrats' response to Reconstruction and Eugene Talmadge's response to the New Deal?(1 point)
Responses

Both accepted federal funding while privately opposing federal programs
Both accepted federal funding while privately opposing federal programs

Both claimed federal programs violated states' rights and local authority
Both claimed federal programs violated states' rights and local authority

Both supported federal intervention in Georgia's economy
Both supported federal intervention in Georgia's economy

Both believed federal programs would help Georgia's poorest citizens
Both believed federal programs would help Georgia's poorest citizens
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Answer 1

Both claimed federal programs violated states' rights and local authority.

Explanation: Southern Democrats resisted Reconstruction-era federal interventions as infringements on state sovereignty; likewise Eugene Talmadge opposed New Deal programs on grounds they expanded federal power and threatened local control.