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

2. 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) John.
(b) Luke.
(c) Mark.
(d) Joseph.

3. 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) Harry Byrd.
(d) Maury Maverick.

4. 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) George Fort Milton.
(c) Arthur Morgan.
(d) Lloyd George.

5. 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) 1914.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1917.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. On which of the following days in May of 1935 does the Supreme Court strike down the National Industrial Recovery Act in a 9-0 decision?

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

5. Which of the following individuals considers himself the founder of the Federal Reserve Board and strongly disagrees with the February 1935 banking bill?

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