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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Sea of Troubles.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The 1935 Banking Act aims to bring all large state banks under the jurisdiction of the Federal Reserve Board by requiring them to join the Federal Reserve System by what year?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1940.
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) February.
(b) July.
(c) September.
(d) April.
3. During the 1932 Presidential primary race, which of the following candidates can not appear at the Democratic convention because of a run on his Chicago bank?
(a) Melvin J. Traylor.
(b) William McAdoo.
(c) John Nance Garner.
(d) J. Hamilton Lewis.
4. As "A Sea of Troubles" opens, on which of the following dates in 1937 does Roosevelt deliver his second Inaugural Address?
(a) February 5.
(b) February 19.
(c) January 21.
(d) January 7.
5. In "Winter of Despair" a group of fifty-five men is charged with dismantling and carrying away a whole four-story building in which of the following cities?
(a) Detroit.
(b) Des Moines.
(c) Seattle.
(d) Chicago.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of the popular radio pastor in "Waiting for Lefty" who first supports Roosevelt but begins to waver soon after the election?
2. 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?
3. In Roosevelt's speech at the beginning of "The Hundred Days' War" he states that the nation is not stricken by any plague of which of the following pests?
4. Which of the following politicians is from Nebraska and leads the fight for the Tennessee Valley Authority in the first few months of 1933?
5. In May 1934 the US signs a treaty that abolishes the Platt Amendment with which of the following countries?
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