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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Sea of Troubles.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the Blue Eagle parade in New York City, Roosevelt remarks that there is a unity sweeping America that has not been seen since what year?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1914.

2. In "One Third of a Nation" Congress approves the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act. In which year does this act pass?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1934.

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

4. Which of the following individuals is Roosevelt's Secretary of State who tries to lower trade barriers in "A Farewell to Arms"?
(a) George Harrison.
(b) Cordell Hull.
(c) William Borah.
(d) David Reay.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On December 12, 1937, Japanese war planes bomb which of the following US naval vessels anchored in the Yangtse harbor?

2. After the 1932 election, Roosevelt's Brain Trust argues that the market theories of which major economist have vanished forever?

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

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?

5. Which of the following individuals is the Assistant Attorney General who blames monopolists for the recession in December 1937?

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