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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the election of 1938, how many seats do Republicans pick up in the House of Representatives?
(a) 81.
(b) 16.
(c) 49.
(d) 72.

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) Fire.
(d) Flood.

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

4. During the Blue Eagle parade in New York City, Roosevelt remarks that there is a unity sweeping America that has not been seen since what year?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1922.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Secretary Wallace sends out a questionnaire to cotton farmers asking their opinion of compulsory crop reduction, he finds that what percentage favor the plan?

2. 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?

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

4. 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?

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

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