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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Stalemate.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Second Hundred Days" Leuchtenburg notes that because of the Rural Electrification Administration, for every 10 American farms how many have electricity by 1950?
(a) 4.
(b) 9.
(c) 10.
(d) 2.

2. By which of the following months in 1934 has Roosevelt grown tired of the new head of the Recovery Administration and secured that person's resignation?
(a) April.
(b) July.
(c) September.
(d) February.

3. Just prior to the passage of the Rural Electrification Administration in May of 1935, for every 10 American farms how many are without electricity?
(a) 9.
(b) 10.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

4. In his attempt to adapt the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to the New Deal, Roosevelt puts a Texas banker in charge. What is that man's name?
(a) Jesse Jones.
(b) Lewis Mumford.
(c) Ballinger Pinchot.
(d) Harold Ickes.

5. After the ordered destruction of the 1933 cotton crop, Americans are horrified when 6 million of which baby animal are next ordered to slaughter?
(a) Sheep.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Cows.
(d) Pigs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following individuals had Roosevelt appointed as Governor of the Federal Reserve Board in 1934 who began pushing for a major banking bill in February of 1935?

2. Justice Louis Brandeis tells Roosevelt in 1935 that he must return to regulated competition, the "little unit." To which other president had Brandeis given this advice?

3. After the 1936 farm law proves unworkable, Wallace resists attempts to deregulate production in the hopes of being like which of the following Old Testament characters?

4. Which of the following pieces of legislation did Roosevelt not insist Congress pass before they adjourned in June of 1935?

5. After the 1938 elections, Roosevelt points out that despite Republican gains in Congress he is still the first two-term President to retain control of Congress since which of the following?

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