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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Fascist Challenge.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When discussing the Fair Labor Standards Act, Leuchtenburg states that in New England shoe factory workers average only how much pay per year?
(a) $276.
(b) $1,042.
(c) $853.
(d) $678.

3. According to "The Politics of Hard Times," about how many people were unemployed by 1932?
(a) 800 thousand.
(b) 13 million.
(c) 5 million.
(d) 125 thousand.

4. In June of 1934 President Roosevelt asks the Committee on Economic Security to develop a social security program. By which of the following individuals is the effort led?
(a) Frances Perkins.
(b) Aubrey Williams.
(c) James Moffett.
(d) George Biddle.

5. According to "Winter of Despair," which of the following words appears most frequently in the writings of New Deal theorists?
(a) Power.
(b) Labor.
(c) Welfare.
(d) Balance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Just prior to the passage of the Rural Electrification Administration in May of 1935, for every 10 American farms how many are without electricity?

2. After the 1936 farm law proves unworkable, Wallace resists attempts to deregulate production in the hopes of being like which of the following Old Testament characters?

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. In April 1939, Roosevelt makes one last attempt to avert war by asking Hitler and Mussolini to agree not to attack how many nations, listed by name?

5. When discussing Senator Huey Long of Louisiana, Leuchtenburg mentions that Long loves his nickname of what?

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