Question

What was the primary motive behind President

Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1937 proposal to add
members to the Supreme Court?
(1) removal of Republican justices from the Court
(2) ending the Court’s use of judicial review
(3) assuring United States neutrality at the start
of World War II
(4) protection of New Deal programs from
unfavorable Court decisions

Answer 1

The primary motive behind President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1937 proposal to add members to the Supreme Court was "(4) protection of New Deal programs from unfavorable Court decisions," since much of the New Deal was being challenged in the court system.