Which of the following would have most likely occurred if franklin roosevelt’s judicial reform bill had become law? it would have concentrated power in the executive branch of the government. it would have restored balance among the three branches of government. it would have set a precedent for government intervention in the economy. it would have signaled an end to all the programs of roosevelt’s new deal.

I believe the answer is: It would have concentrated power in the executive branch of the government

Currently, the legislative, executive, and judiciery branch of the government had the power to limit each other's power.

Franklin Roosevelt’s judicial reform propose that the president should be able to appoint larger number of justices in the supreme court.

If this passed, the executive branch would have more power over the judiciery, which would tilt the balance of power.

1. international: struggle for hegemony and empire outstrips the fiscal resources of the state

2. political conflict: conflict between the monarchy and the nobility over the “reform” of the tax system led to paralysis and bankruptcy.

3. the enlightenment: impulse for reform intensifies political conflicts; reinforces traditional aristocratic constitutionalism, one variant of which was laid out in montequieu’s spirit of the laws; introduces new notions of good government, the most radical being popular sovereignty, as in rousseau’s social contract [1762]; the attack on the regime and privileged class by the literary underground of “grub street; ” the broadening influence of public opinion.

4. social antagonisms between two rising groups: the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie

5. ineffective ruler: louis xvi

6. economic hardship, especially the agrarian crisis of 1788-89 generates popular discontent and disorders caused by food shortages.

i believe the answer is d.