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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following new taxes does Roosevelt not propose to Congress in June of 1935?
(a) Gifts.
(b) Sales.
(c) Inheritance.
(d) Corporations.

2. Toward the end of "The Second Hundred Days" Roosevelt is forced to fire the head of the Tennessee Valley Authority. What was his name?
(a) Anne O'Hare McCormick.
(b) Arthur Morgan.
(c) George Fort Milton.
(d) Lloyd George.

3. Which of the following groups breaks with Roosevelt at its convention in May 1935 and renounces the New Deal?
(a) U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
(b) U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
(c) U.S. Department of Agriculture.
(d) U.S. Department of Defense.

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

5. When Roosevelt asks Congress for legislation to regulate the Stock Exchange in February of 1934, which of the following men--President of the Stock Exchange--is outraged?
(a) Richard Whitney.
(b) John Raskob.
(c) Henry Morgenthau.
(d) James Forrestal.

Short Answer Questions

1. As "Over the Top" concludes, Leuchtenburg reports that by the spring of 1934 there were twice as many men working as the year before in which city?

2. Which of the following individuals notes in the opening of "Stalemate" that the Democratic party is hopelessly divided?

3. 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?

4. Just prior to the passage of the Rural Electrification Administration in May of 1935, for every 10 American farms how many are without electricity?

5. 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?

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