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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. What is the name of the political organization Huey Long founds in January of 1934?
(a) Moving Forward.
(b) Share Our Wealth.
(c) Down With Roosevelt.
(d) Blue Eagles.

2. When the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act is approved, it also creates the National Youth Administration. By which of the following individuals is the NYA program run?
(a) Aubrey Williams.
(b) Frances Perkins.
(c) James Moffett.
(d) George Biddle.

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) Libertarian.
(b) Democrat.
(c) Republican.
(d) Progressive.

4. In the run up to the 1934 Congressional elections, John Garner guesses that Republicans will win how many seats in the House of Representatives?
(a) 37.
(b) 74.
(c) 12.
(d) 103.

5. 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) 1934.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1937.

Short Answer Questions

1. As more and more American workers organize themselves into labor unions in 1933-35, Roosevelt is faced with having to decide what which provision of the National Industrial Recovery Act actually means?

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

3. In the spring of 1934, after the demise of the Civil Works Administration, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration helped how many students attend college?

4. The National Industrial Recovery Act, which Roosevelt signs on June 16, 1933, provides how much in funding for public works?

5. 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?

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