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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 January of 1934 the first of a few challengers for Roosevelt springs up. What is the name of the challenger who proposes the Old Age Revolving Pensions plan?
(a) Homer Martin.
(b) Francis Townsend.
(c) Frank Walsh.
(d) Milo Reno.
2. When Secretary Wallace sends out a questionnaire to cotton farmers asking their opinion of compulsory crop reduction, he finds that what percentage favor the plan?
(a) 38%.
(b) 100%.
(c) 15%.
(d) 80%.
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) Raymond Moley.
(b) James Kieran.
(c) Basil O'Connor.
(d) Samuel Rosenman.
4. 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?
(a) Black Monday.
(b) Black Friday.
(c) Black Wednesday.
(d) Black Thursday.
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) Seattle.
(b) Des Moines.
(c) Detroit.
(d) Chicago.
Short Answer Questions
1. Toward the end of "The Second Hundred Days" Roosevelt is forced to fire the head of the Tennessee Valley Authority. What was his name?
2. Which of the following individuals commits suicide in March of 1932 and is proved a swindler of $100,000,000 in bonds a month after his death?
3. During the Blue Eagle parade in New York City, Roosevelt remarks that there is a unity sweeping America that has not been seen since what year?
4. 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?
5. After the election in November of 1932, during which month is Roosevelt inaugurated?
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