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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Over the Top.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Leuchtenburg describes an incident where about 50 people fight over a barrel of garbage left at the back door of a restaurant. In which city does this take place?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Portland.
(c) St. Louis.
(d) Chicago.

2. Which of the following politicians is from Massachusetts and laments that the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority is a "Soviet dream" in 1933?
(a) James Warburg.
(b) George Norris.
(c) Hugo Black.
(d) Joe Martin.

3. As "The Hundred Days' War" concludes, which of the following famous writers wonders if he was fooled by Roosevelt in the election?
(a) William Randolph Hearst.
(b) William Allen White.
(c) John Steinbeck.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

4. Pecora's investigation into the House of Morgan partners in May of 1933--and the subsequent income tax revelations--leads Congress to pass which of the following bills?
(a) Glass-Steagall Act.
(b) Economy Act.
(c) Wagner Act.
(d) Gold Reserve Act.

5. In the summer of 1932, farmers riot in all but which of the following states?
(a) Nebraska.
(b) Wisconsin.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Iowa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following individuals commits suicide in March of 1932 and is proved a swindler of $100,000,000 in bonds a month after his death?

2. In which of the following cities does Roosevelt accept the Democratic nomination for President after the 1932 convention?

3. According to "Winter of Despair," which of the following words appears most frequently in the writings of New Deal theorists?

4. In "The Politics of Hard Times," which of the following individuals says that Roosevelt is "a pleasant man who, without any important qualifications for the office, would very much like to be President"?

5. After the election of 1932, which of the following magazines promotes the idea of giving Roosevelt dictatorial powers to fix the economy?

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