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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through One Third of a Nation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenancy Act is approved, it creates the Farm Security Administration to provide loans to farmers. In what year does this measure pass?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1934.

2. Toward the end of his term, Hoover orders a Senate investigation into the financial crisis. Which of the following men is chosen to lead this investigation?
(a) Ivar Kreuger.
(b) Albert Wiggin.
(c) Ferdinand Pecora.
(d) Charles Mitchell.

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) Chicago.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Seattle.
(d) Des Moines.

4. In 1934, Secretary Wallace is extremely relieved when he is able to slacken crop restriction due to which of the following natural disasters?
(a) Fire.
(b) Tornado.
(c) Flood.
(d) Drought.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As Roosevelt's inauguration approaches, he increasingly favors the ideas of which major economist?

2. Which of the following individuals switches California's votes to Roosevelt during the 1932 Democratic convention, thus making Roosevelt the Democratic candidate?

3. In "One Third of a Nation" Leuchtenburg discusses the poor migrants who headed west and became the basis for a famous novel by which author?

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

5. During the labor strikes of 1934, in which of the following cities do taxi cab drivers burn a hundred taxis?

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