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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the ordered destruction of the 1933 cotton crop, Americans are horrified when 6 million of which baby animal are next ordered to slaughter?
(a) Pigs.
(b) Cows.
(c) Chickens.
(d) Sheep.

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?
(a) George Norris.
(b) Hugo Black.
(c) Joe Martin.
(d) James Warburg.

3. 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?
(a) John Edgerton of the National Association of Manufacturers.
(b) George Washington Hill of American Tobacco.
(c) Henry Ford of Ford Motor Company.
(d) William Randolph Hearst of "The New York Journal".

4. According to "Winter of Despair," U.S. Steel employed 225,000 full-time workers in 1929. How many employees are full time by April of 1933?
(a) 225.
(b) 0.
(c) 120,000.
(d) 975.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After the election of 1932, which of the following magazines promotes the idea of giving Roosevelt dictatorial powers to fix the economy?

2. As "The Hundred Days' War" concludes, which of the following famous writers wonders if he was fooled by Roosevelt in the election?

3. When discussing the plight of homeless and jobless Americans in 1932, Leuchtenburg mentions that two hundred men would huddle over fires in which of the following states?

4. 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?

5. In which of the following cities does "Winter of Despair" say unpaid teachers faint in their classrooms due to lack of food?

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