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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) Inheritance.
(b) Sales.
(c) Gifts.
(d) Corporations.

2. 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) Marriner Eccles.
(c) James P. Warburg.
(d) Carter Glass.

3. After the 1936 farm law proves unworkable, Wallace resists attempts to deregulate production in the hopes of being like which of the following Old Testament characters?
(a) Mark.
(b) John.
(c) Luke.
(d) Joseph.

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

5. 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) James P. Warburg.
(c) Carter Glass.
(d) Lauchlin Currie.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Upon receiving his appointment from Roosevelt, the new head of the Recovery Administration memorably remarks that it will be "red fire at first" and dead what afterward?

3. As "Over the Top" opens, Roosevelt appoints which of the following individuals to head the Recovery Administration?

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

5. In 1934, Secretary Wallace is extremely relieved when he is able to slacken crop restriction due to which of the following natural disasters?

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