Amajor criticism of president franklin d. roosevelt's programs to combat the great depression was that these programs

a. provided too much protection for big business.
b. reduced the power of the federal government.
c. made people dependent on the federal government.
d. ignored the plight of homeowners with mortgages.

The correct answer is C) made people dependent on the federal government.

A major criticism of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's programs to combat the Great Depression was that these programs made people dependent on the federal government.

The program that President Franklin D. Roosevelt created was the "New Deal." He wanted to offer help to the people in need that had suffered the most due to the Great Depression. Between 1933 and 1936, he created a series of programs and legislation such as the Civil Works Administration, the Social Security Administration or the Farm Security Administration. However, many people criticized the programs because they thought that this help made people dependent on the federal government.