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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 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) Lewis Mumford.
(b) Harold Ickes.
(c) Ballinger Pinchot.
(d) Jesse Jones.

2. 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) Anne O'Hare McCormick.
(d) William Phillips.

3. According to "Winter of Despair," on a single day in April 1932 an entire 1/4 of which state went up for auction?
(a) Colorado.
(b) Missouri.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) Mississippi.

4. 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 Morgan.
(b) Reverend Coughlin.
(c) Reverend Short.
(d) Reverend Gabriel.

5. 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) Des Moines.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Detroit.
(d) Seattle.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the summer of 1934 the Industrial Association decides to break a strike using force in which of the following port cities?

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

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. Toward the end of his term, Hoover orders a Senate investigation into the financial crisis. Which of the following men is chosen to lead this investigation?

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