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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. The National Housing Act of 1934 created a new agency, the Federal Housing Administration. Under which of the following individuals is the FHA run?
(a) George Biddle.
(b) Frances Perkins.
(c) James Moffett.
(d) Aubrey Williams.

2. In Roosevelt's speech at the beginning of "The Hundred Days' War" he states that the nation is not stricken by any plague of which of the following pests?
(a) Cockroaches.
(b) Locusts.
(c) Rats.
(d) Gophers.

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

4. When discussing Senator Huey Long of Louisiana, Leuchtenburg mentions that Long loves his nickname of what?
(a) Dewey.
(b) Shark.
(c) Amos.
(d) Kingfish.

5. Which of the following politicians is from Massachusetts and laments that the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority is a "Soviet dream" in 1933?
(a) Joe Martin.
(b) Hugo Black.
(c) George Norris.
(d) James Warburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Politics of Hard Times," which of the following individuals says that Roosevelt is "a pleasant man who, without any important qualifications for the office, would very much like to be President"?

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

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?

4. The quote from Harold Clurman at the beginning of "Winter of Despair" states that people could smell what in the air during the winter of 1932-33?

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

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