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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Waiting for Lefty.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) $50 thousand.
(b) $25 million.
(c) $500 thousand.
(d) $100 million.

2. As "Over the Top" concludes, Leuchtenburg reports that by the spring of 1934 there were twice as many men working as the year before in which city?
(a) Detroit.
(b) New York.
(c) St. Louis.
(d) Des Moines.

3. In "Winter of Despair" a group of fifty-five men is charged with dismantling and carrying away a whole four-story building in which of the following cities?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Des Moines.
(d) Detroit.

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

5. After founding his political organization, in which of the following states does Huey Long successfully rally a crowd of farmers in the spring of 1935?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Iowa.
(d) Colorado.

Short Answer Questions

1. On which of the following dates does the special session of Congress convene in "The Hundred Days' War"?

2. When describing conditions for homeless and jobless Americans, Leuchtenburg says that the largest "Hooverville" was in which of the following cities?

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 "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?

5. When discussing Senator Huey Long of Louisiana, Leuchtenburg mentions that Long loves his nickname of what?

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