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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As "The Second Hundred Days" opens, New Dealers worry that all but which of the following conservative Supreme Court justices might deem the New Deal unconstitutional?
(a) Pierce Butler.
(b) James McReynolds.
(c) George Sutherland.
(d) Louis Brandeis.

2. In 1934, Secretary Wallace is extremely relieved when he is able to slacken crop restriction due to which of the following natural disasters?
(a) Tornado.
(b) Drought.
(c) Flood.
(d) Fire.

3. Which of the following individuals proposes a federal wages and hours law in May 1937?
(a) Hugo Black.
(b) Walton Hamilton.
(c) Thurman Arnold.
(d) Joseph O'Mahoney.

4. 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?
(a) Marriner Eccles.
(b) Carter Glass.
(c) James P. Warburg.
(d) Lauchlin Currie.

5. In 1938, which of the following individuals wages a white-supremacy campaign in his home state of South Carolina to the disgust of Roosevelt and the New Dealers?
(a) Aubrey Williams.
(b) Cotton Ed Smith.
(c) John O'Connor.
(d) Harry Hopkins.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following individuals laments in "Stalemate" that Thomas Jefferson would not have spoken to the Democrats?

2. When discussing the Fair Labor Standards Act, Leuchtenburg states that in New England shoe factory workers average only how much pay per year?

3. During the summer of 1933 farmers uproot their cotton crop to prevent over-saturation of the market. How much do farmers collect for plowing up 10 million acres of cotton?

4. In response to Roosevelt's April request for a large-scale lend-spend program, in June 1938 Congress votes to approve how much for public works?

5. Which of the following individuals is the most dominant figure in the Temporary National Economic Committee created in "Stalemate"?

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