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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On which of the following dates in 1939 do the Nazis sign a pact with the Soviet Union?
(a) August 24.
(b) March 19.
(c) November 6.
(d) September 4.

2. Which of the following individuals laments in "Stalemate" that Thomas Jefferson would not have spoken to the Democrats?
(a) Harry Byrd.
(b) Carter Glass.
(c) Maury Maverick.
(d) Josiah Bailey.

3. Approximately how many schools were either built or improved by the Works Progress Administration in "One Third of a Nation"?
(a) 5,900.
(b) 2,750.
(c) 13,000.
(d) 950.

4. Which of the following individuals is Roosevelt's Secretary of State who tries to lower trade barriers in "A Farewell to Arms"?
(a) George Harrison.
(b) Cordell Hull.
(c) David Reay.
(d) William Borah.

5. As "Waiting for Lefty" opens, in which of the following cities is City Hall attacked by a mob of 6 thousand people?
(a) Minneapolis.
(b) Des Moines.
(c) New York.
(d) Denver.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following individuals is the governor of the New York Federal Reserve Bank and is sent as a delegate to the International Economic Conference in 1933?

2. During the summer of 1933 farmers uproot their cotton crop to prevent over-saturation of the market. How much do farmers collect for plowing up 10 million acres of cotton?

3. In Roosevelt's speech at the beginning of "The Hundred Days' War" he states that the nation is not stricken by any plague of which of the following pests?

4. On Roosevelt's very first night in office, he directs his Secretary of the Treasury to draft an emergency banking bill. Who is the Secretary of Treasury?

5. 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?

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