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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 "A Sea of Troubles," which of the following individuals is the hero of the antimonopolists who was reported to have predicted a recession within 6 months in 1937?
(a) Leon Henderson.
(b) Robert Jackson.
(c) Myron Taylor.
(d) Arthur Salter.

2. Which of the following individuals is the Assistant Attorney General who blames monopolists for the recession in December 1937?
(a) Arthur Salter.
(b) Leon Henderson.
(c) Robert Jackson.
(d) Myron Taylor.

3. During the 1932 Presidential primary race, which of the following candidates can not appear at the Democratic convention because of a run on his Chicago bank?
(a) William McAdoo.
(b) J. Hamilton Lewis.
(c) John Nance Garner.
(d) Melvin J. Traylor.

4. On which of the following dates in 1937 does Roosevelt send Congress his design to reorganize the Supreme Court?
(a) February 5.
(b) January 21.
(c) February 19.
(d) January 7.

5. Which of the following individuals is the most dominant figure in the Temporary National Economic Committee created in "Stalemate"?
(a) Joseph O'Mahoney.
(b) Walton Hamilton.
(c) Hugo Black.
(d) Thurman Arnold.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "One Third of a Nation" Leuchtenburg discusses the poor migrants who headed west and became the basis for a famous novel by which author?

2. Which of the following business executives laments in October of 1930 that the real blame for the financial crisis lay with the irresponsible--and now unemployed--populace?

3. Toward the end of "The Second Hundred Days" Roosevelt is forced to fire the head of the Tennessee Valley Authority. What was his name?

4. After the International Economic Conference in London in 1933, Roosevelt notes that which major economist had been "magnificently right"?

5. Which of the following groups breaks with Roosevelt at its convention in May 1935 and renounces the New Deal?

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