1. What is the military-industrial complex? -The partnership between big business and the U. S. armed forces that created a permanent war economy.

-The balance between military spending and domestic spending that had to be maintained.

-The possibility that the U. S. could become a military dictatorship if it focused too much spending on the military.

-The U. S. economy being based on both domestic and war production, which made the U. S. a superpower.

1. which of the following best explains why president roosevelt proposed his 1937 “court-packing” plan? a. he argued that more juries were necessary to hear challenges to the new deal. b. he wanted to add to the supreme court more justices who supported the new deal. c. he argued that the supreme court lacked the authority to overturn new deal programs. 2. the federal deposit insurance corporation (fdic) was created primarily to address which problem? think of where deposits are made. a. the widespread bank failures that resulted from bank runs b. the freezing of credit that resulted from high unemployment c. the increase in personal debt that resulted from rising food prices