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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The New Deal at High Tide.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of the following individuals commits suicide in March of 1932 and is proved a swindler of $100,000,000 in bonds a month after his death?
(a) Albert Wiggin.
(b) Charles Mitchell.
(c) Ivar Kreuger.
(d) Ferdinand Pecora.
2. Toward the end of "The New Deal at High Tide" Leuchtenburg mentions that seven years into the Depression how many Americans are still unemployed?
(a) 8 million.
(b) 975 thousand.
(c) 100 thousand.
(d) 2 million.
3. As Roosevelt's inauguration approaches, he increasingly favors the ideas of which major economist?
(a) John Stuart Mill.
(b) Adam Smith.
(c) John Maynard Keynes.
(d) Alfred Marshall.
4. In January 1936, Al Smith charges at a Liberty League banquet in Washington that the Roosevelt administration is disguising itself as all but which of the following?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Jefferson.
(c) Lenin.
(d) Marx.
5. After the 1932 election, Roosevelt's Brain Trust argues that the market theories of which major economist have vanished forever?
(a) Alfred Marshall.
(b) John Maynard Keynes.
(c) John Stuart Mill.
(d) Adam Smith.
Short Answer Questions
1. In 1934, Secretary Wallace is extremely relieved when he is able to slacken crop restriction due to which of the following natural disasters?
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. In which of the following cities does "Winter of Despair" say unpaid teachers faint in their classrooms due to lack of food?
4. Which of the following individuals considers himself the founder of the Federal Reserve Board and strongly disagrees with the February 1935 banking bill?
5. As "Over the Top" opens, Roosevelt appoints which of the following individuals to head the Recovery Administration?
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