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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) J. Hamilton Lewis.
(b) Melvin J. Traylor.
(c) William McAdoo.
(d) John Nance Garner.

2. When Roosevelt asks Congress for legislation to regulate the Stock Exchange in February of 1934, which of the following men--President of the Stock Exchange--is outraged?
(a) John Raskob.
(b) Henry Morgenthau.
(c) Richard Whitney.
(d) James Forrestal.

3. The National Industrial Recovery Act, which Roosevelt signs on June 16, 1933, provides how much in funding for public works?
(a) $6.5 trillion.
(b) $3.3 billion.
(c) $1.5 million.
(d) $400 thousand.

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?
(a) William Woodin.
(b) Ogden Mills.
(c) Arthur Ballantine.
(d) George Harrison.

5. As Roosevelt's inauguration approaches, he increasingly favors the ideas of which major economist?
(a) John Maynard Keynes.
(b) John Stuart Mill.
(c) Alfred Marshall.
(d) Adam Smith.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon receiving his appointment from Roosevelt, the new head of the Recovery Administration memorably remarks that it will be "red fire at first" and dead what afterward?

2. According to "The Politics of Hard Times," about how many people were unemployed by 1932?

3. After the 1932 election, Roosevelt's Brain Trust argues that the market theories of which major economist have vanished forever?

4. 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?

5. 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?

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