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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. In "Winter of Despair" a group of fifty-five men is charged with dismantling and carrying away a whole four-story building in which of the following cities?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Des Moines.

2. As Roosevelt's inauguration approaches, he increasingly favors the ideas of which major economist?
(a) Alfred Marshall.
(b) John Maynard Keynes.
(c) Adam Smith.
(d) John Stuart Mill.

3. In 1936 Roosevelt speaks at the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia. As he makes his way onto the stage, he falls while trying to shake the hand of which individual?
(a) Anne O'Hare McCormick.
(b) Roy Howard.
(c) William Phillips.
(d) Edwin Markham.

4. During the 1936 campaign, how much money do labor unions contribute to Roosevelt under the leadership of Republican John L. Lewis?
(a) $770,000.
(b) $560,000.
(c) $320,000.
(d) $140,000.

5. According to "Winter of Despair," U.S. Steel employed 225,000 full-time workers in 1929. How many employees are full time by April of 1933?
(a) 120,000.
(b) 975.
(c) 0.
(d) 225.

Short Answer Questions

1. As more and more American workers organize themselves into labor unions in 1933-35, Roosevelt is faced with having to decide what which provision of the National Industrial Recovery Act actually means?

2. After founding his political organization, in which of the following states does Huey Long successfully rally a crowd of farmers in the spring of 1935?

3. By the time Roosevelt is inaugurated, how many states have closed their banks?

4. Which of the following groups breaks with Roosevelt at its convention in May 1935 and renounces the New Deal?

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

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