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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. When discussing Roosevelt's personality Leuchtenburg mentions that every part of Roosevelt's life seems to have a public quality, including his dog of what name?
(a) Moley.
(b) Fala.
(c) Tugwell.
(d) Ross.

2. 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?
(a) 4 (b).
(b) 9 (c).
(c) 7 (a).
(d) 2 (d).

3. In the summer of 1932, farmers riot in all but which of the following states?
(a) Iowa.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Nebraska.
(d) Wisconsin.

4. After the election in November of 1932, during which month is Roosevelt inaugurated?
(a) December.
(b) February.
(c) January.
(d) March.

5. When discussing Roosevelt's personality, which of the following individuals is the Under Secretary of State and says the President seems to have multiple personalities?
(a) Edwin Markham.
(b) Roy Howard.
(c) William Phillips.
(d) Anne O'Hare McCormick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following individuals considers himself the founder of the Federal Reserve Board and strongly disagrees with the February 1935 banking bill?

2. 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?

3. Which of the following individuals is called the "father of soil conservation" and is appointed to head the Soil Erosion Service in October of 1933?

4. After the ordered destruction of the 1933 cotton crop, Americans are horrified when 6 million of which baby animal are next ordered to slaughter?

5. According to "Winter of Despair," on a single day in April 1932 an entire 1/4 of which state went up for auction?

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