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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Topeka.
(b) Pittsburgh.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Sioux City.

2. 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?
(a) Gold Reserve Act.
(b) Glass-Steagall Act.
(c) Economy Act.
(d) Wagner Act.

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) 32 months.
(c) 6 years.
(d) 9 months.

4. "The Politics of Hard Times" reports that as the party in power, which political party faced almost certain defeat in the 1932 election?
(a) Republican.
(b) Libertarian.
(c) Progressive.
(d) Democrat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the run up to the 1934 Congressional elections, John Garner guesses that Republicans will win how many seats in the House of Representatives?

2. In which of the following cities does the American Federation of Labor hold its 1934 convention?

3. 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?

4. As "The Politics of Hard Times" opens, how many years does Leuchtenburg say Hoover has been President?

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

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