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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 September of 1935, which of Roosevelt's political critics is shot and killed by Dr. Carl Austin Weiss?
(a) Doctor Townsend.
(b) Huey Long.
(c) Dean Acheson.
(d) Rev. Coughlin.

2. 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) Samuel Rosenman.
(b) Raymond Moley.
(c) James Kieran.
(d) Basil O'Connor.

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

4. When discussing Roosevelt's disability, Leuchtenburg mentions that the President has been unable to walk unassisted since which year?
(a) 1921.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1932.

5. In the summer of 1934 the Industrial Association decides to break a strike using force in which of the following port cities?
(a) Houston.
(b) New York.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) San Francisco.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the summer of 1933 farmers uproot their cotton crop to prevent over-saturation of the market. How much do farmers collect for plowing up 10 million acres of cotton?

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?

3. Which of the following individuals is a publisher who asks Roosevelt for a "breathing spell" at the close of the 1935 Congressional session?

4. 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?

5. After the 1932 election, Roosevelt's Brain Trust argues that the market theories of which major economist have vanished forever?

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