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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Fascist Challenge.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Between September and December of 1937, how many people are laid off when the economy suddenly cracks?
(a) 7 million.
(b) 800 thousand.
(c) 2 million.
(d) 250 thousand.

2. In the run up to the 1934 Congressional elections, John Garner guesses that Republicans will win how many seats in the House of Representatives?
(a) 37.
(b) 74.
(c) 12.
(d) 103.

3. Which of the following individuals is chairman of the House Committee on Un-American Activities when it is created in 1938?
(a) Frank Murpy.
(b) Noah Mason.
(c) Martin Dies.
(d) James A. Farley.

4. In 1936 Roosevelt speaks at the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia. As he makes his way onto the stage, he falls while trying to shake the hand of which individual?
(a) Anne O'Hare McCormick.
(b) Roy Howard.
(c) William Phillips.
(d) Edwin Markham.

5. When the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act is approved, it also creates the National Youth Administration. By which of the following individuals is the NYA program run?
(a) Aubrey Williams.
(b) George Biddle.
(c) Frances Perkins.
(d) James Moffett.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following individuals is the leader of the New Deal faction in the House of Representatives in 1937?

2. In "One Third of a Nation" Leuchtenburg discusses the poor migrants who headed west and became the basis for a famous novel by which author?

3. Which of the following individuals comments toward the end of "A Sea of Troubles" that the "old Roosevelt magic has lost its kick"?

4. When asked why he kept a family going on credit, a Philadelphia storekeeper told a reporter that there were how many children in the family's house with no shoes?

5. Which of the following individuals--a former Roosevelt supporter--indicates toward the end of "Stalemate" that he doesn't really want anything further to do with the President?

(see the answer key)

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