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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. How many days does it take Congress to pass the economy bill in March 1933?
(a) 31.
(b) 9.
(c) 2.
(d) 16.

2. When Roosevelt forms the Public Works Administration he appoints the Secretary of the Interior to run it. What was his name?
(a) Lewis Mumford.
(b) Harold Ickes.
(c) Jesse Jones.
(d) Ballinger Pinchot.

3. According to "Winter of Despair," on a single day in April 1932 an entire 1/4 of which state went up for auction?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Colorado.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) New Mexico.

4. 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) 1934.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1936.

5. Which of the following politicians is from Nebraska and leads the fight for the Tennessee Valley Authority in the first few months of 1933?
(a) Joe Martin.
(b) James Warburg.
(c) George Norris.
(d) Hugo Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. According to "Winter of Despair," U.S. Steel employed 225,000 full-time workers in 1929. How many employees are full time by April of 1933?

3. 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?

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

5. Which of the following individuals commits suicide in March of 1932 and is proved a swindler of $100,000,000 in bonds a month after his death?

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