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

2. Which of the following individuals considers himself the founder of the Federal Reserve Board and strongly disagrees with the February 1935 banking bill?
(a) Marriner Eccles.
(b) James P. Warburg.
(c) Carter Glass.
(d) Lauchlin Currie.

3. What is the name of the popular radio pastor in "Waiting for Lefty" who first supports Roosevelt but begins to waver soon after the election?
(a) Reverend Gabriel.
(b) Reverend Morgan.
(c) Reverend Short.
(d) Reverend Coughlin.

4. In his attempt to adapt the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to the New Deal, Roosevelt puts a Texas banker in charge. What is that man's name?
(a) Jesse Jones.
(b) Harold Ickes.
(c) Ballinger Pinchot.
(d) Lewis Mumford.

5. In 1934, Secretary Wallace is extremely relieved when he is able to slacken crop restriction due to which of the following natural disasters?
(a) Drought.
(b) Flood.
(c) Fire.
(d) Tornado.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which of the following cities does "Winter of Despair" say unpaid teachers faint in their classrooms due to lack of food?

2. Toward the end of "The Second Hundred Days" Roosevelt is forced to fire the head of the Tennessee Valley Authority. What was his name?

3. "The New Deal at High Tide" mentions that during the Dust Bowl the temperature in Vinita, Oklahoma, was over one hundred degrees for how many days straight?

4. Which of the following pieces of legislation did Roosevelt not insist Congress pass before they adjourned in June of 1935?

5. After the election of 1932, which of the following magazines promotes the idea of giving Roosevelt dictatorial powers to fix the economy?

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