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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 individuals considers himself the founder of the Federal Reserve Board and strongly disagrees with the February 1935 banking bill?
(a) Lauchlin Currie.
(b) James P. Warburg.
(c) Marriner Eccles.
(d) Carter Glass.

2. 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) 1937.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1940.

3. Which of the following individuals laments in "Stalemate" that Thomas Jefferson would not have spoken to the Democrats?
(a) Harry Byrd.
(b) Josiah Bailey.
(c) Carter Glass.
(d) Maury Maverick.

4. Which of the following individuals is the leader of the New Deal faction in the House of Representatives in 1937?
(a) Carter Glass.
(b) Harry Byrd.
(c) Maury Maverick.
(d) Josiah Bailey.

5. 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?
(a) $860 thousand.
(b) $3.75 billion.
(c) $640 thousand.
(d) $9.4 trillion.

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. 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?

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

4. When Roosevelt forms the Public Works Administration he appoints the Secretary of the Interior to run it. What was his name?

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

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