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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 is a publisher who asks Roosevelt for a "breathing spell" at the close of the 1935 Congressional session?
(a) Anne O'Hare McCormick.
(b) William Phillips.
(c) Roy Howard.
(d) Edwin Markham.
2. By which of the following months in 1934 has Roosevelt grown tired of the new head of the Recovery Administration and secured that person's resignation?
(a) July.
(b) February.
(c) September.
(d) April.
3. Which of the following individuals is a member of the "Brain Trust" and continues to serve as an adviser after the 1932 election, when that group disbands?
(a) James Kieran.
(b) Raymond Moley.
(c) Basil O'Connor.
(d) Samuel Rosenman.
4. Which of the following individuals considers himself the founder of the Federal Reserve Board and strongly disagrees with the February 1935 banking bill?
(a) Lauchlin Currie.
(b) Carter Glass.
(c) Marriner Eccles.
(d) James P. Warburg.
5. In the run up to the 1934 Congressional elections, John Garner guesses that Republicans will win how many seats in the House of Representatives?
(a) 12.
(b) 37.
(c) 74.
(d) 103.
Short Answer Questions
1. "Winter of Despair" mentions all but which of the following individuals as progressives who oppose deficit spending?
2. In "The Second Hundred Days" Leuchtenburg notes that because of the Rural Electrification Administration, for every 10 American farms how many have electricity by 1950?
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. In 1934, Secretary Wallace is extremely relieved when he is able to slacken crop restriction due to which of the following natural disasters?
5. The quote from Harold Clurman at the beginning of "Winter of Despair" states that people could smell what in the air during the winter of 1932-33?
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