During president roosevelt's first term, many supreme court justices: a. were appointed by roosevelt personally. b. were forced to resign. c. argued for more government spending. d. opposed new deal programs.

D is the correct answer.

The Supreme Court was a perennial thorn in Roosevelt's side during his first administration. They largely opposed the New Deal programs put forth by Roosevelt as unconstitutional and it wasn't until they began to die off and Roosevelt was able to replace them that he had success in implementing the New Deal.

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