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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As "The Politics of Hard Times" opens, how many years does Leuchtenburg say Hoover has been President?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

2. After the election in November of 1932, during which month is Roosevelt inaugurated?
(a) January.
(b) December.
(c) February.
(d) March.

3. In "The Hundred Days' War" Ferdinand Pecora's Senate investigation into Wall Street reveals that twenty partners of House of Morgan have not paid income tax in how long?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 9 months.
(d) 32 months.

4. 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) Richard Whitney.
(c) James Forrestal.
(d) Henry Morgenthau.

5. Which of the following politicians is from Nebraska and leads the fight for the Tennessee Valley Authority in the first few months of 1933?
(a) Hugo Black.
(b) George Norris.
(c) Joe Martin.
(d) James Warburg.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. "The Politics of Hard Times" reports that as the party in power, which political party faced almost certain defeat in the 1932 election?

3. Pecora's investigation into the House of Morgan partners in May of 1933--and the subsequent income tax revelations--leads Congress to pass which of the following bills?

4. In which of the following cities does Roosevelt accuse Hoover of being "the greatest spending Administration in peace times in all our history" during the 1932 Presidential campaign?

5. 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?

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