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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Over the Top.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days does it take Congress to pass the economy bill in March 1933?
(a) 9.
(b) 31.
(c) 16.
(d) 2.

2. Leuchtenburg describes an incident where about 50 people fight over a barrel of garbage left at the back door of a restaurant. In which city does this take place?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Portland.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) St. Louis.

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?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1917.

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

5. On which of the following dates does the special session of Congress convene in "The Hundred Days' War"?
(a) March 9.
(b) February 25.
(c) April 15.
(d) May 22.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Which of the following politicians is from Nebraska and leads the fight for the Tennessee Valley Authority in the first few months of 1933?

3. After the ordered destruction of the 1933 cotton crop, Americans are horrified when 6 million of which baby animal are next ordered to slaughter?

4. 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?

5. 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?

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