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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 new taxes does Roosevelt not propose to Congress in June of 1935?
(a) Sales.
(b) Corporations.
(c) Inheritance.
(d) Gifts.

2. 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) Ivar Kreuger.
(b) Ferdinand Pecora.
(c) Albert Wiggin.
(d) Charles Mitchell.

3. Toward the end of his term, Hoover orders a Senate investigation into the financial crisis. Which of the following men is chosen to lead this investigation?
(a) Albert Wiggin.
(b) Ferdinand Pecora.
(c) Ivar Kreuger.
(d) Charles Mitchell.

4. Which of the following business executives laments in October of 1930 that the real blame for the financial crisis lay with the irresponsible--and now unemployed--populace?
(a) William Randolph Hearst of "The New York Journal".
(b) Henry Ford of Ford Motor Company.
(c) John Edgerton of the National Association of Manufacturers.
(d) George Washington Hill of American Tobacco.

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) Lauchlin Currie.
(b) Carter Glass.
(c) James P. Warburg.
(d) Marriner Eccles.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which of the following cities does the American Federation of Labor hold its 1934 convention?

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?

3. When discussing Roosevelt's disability, Leuchtenburg mentions that the President has been unable to walk unassisted since which year?

4. 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?

5. 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?

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