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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. In the spring of 1934, after the demise of the Civil Works Administration, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration helped how many students attend college?
(a) 15,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 950.
(d) 6,750.

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

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

4. 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) 9 months.
(c) 6 years.
(d) 32 months.

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) Hugo Black.
(b) Joe Martin.
(c) George Norris.
(d) James Warburg.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to "The Politics of Hard Times," about how many people were unemployed by 1932?

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

4. Which of the following politicians is from Massachusetts and laments that the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority is a "Soviet dream" in 1933?

5. 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?

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