Which of these was the basic idea of the new deal? the supreme court is responsible to the executive branch
b. energy production should be solely the concern of private enterprise
c. states’ rights have priority over rights of the federal government eliminate
d. the federal government has a major responsibility for ensuring economic prosperity

The answer is d. the federal government has a major responsibility for ensuring economic prosperity. The New Deal was Roosevelt's program on which he was elected President of the USA in 1933. The major points of the program were to ensure economic prosperity by reducing unemployment, dealing with devastation, introducing welfare for the poor, and increasing the extent of goverment role in the economy.