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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. After the 1932 election, Roosevelt's Brain Trust argues that the market theories of which major economist have vanished forever?
(a) Alfred Marshall.
(b) Adam Smith.
(c) John Maynard Keynes.
(d) John Stuart Mill.

2. On which of the following days in May of 1935 does the Supreme Court strike down the National Industrial Recovery Act in a 9-0 decision?
(a) Black Monday.
(b) Black Thursday.
(c) Black Friday.
(d) Black Wednesday.

3. According to "Winter of Despair," which of the following individuals works for The New York Times and first coins the phrase "brain trust" in reference to Roosevelt's advisers?
(a) Basil O'Connor.
(b) James Kieran.
(c) Raymond Moley.
(d) Samuel Rosenman.

4. As "The Hundred Days' War" concludes, which of the following famous writers wonders if he was fooled by Roosevelt in the election?
(a) William Allen White.
(b) William Randolph Hearst.
(c) John Steinbeck.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

5. As "One Third of a Nation" closes, Harry Hopkins writes that even if prosperity returns to America at least how many will still be unemployed?
(a) 200 thousand.
(b) 12 million.
(c) 600 thousand.
(d) 5 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following groups breaks with Roosevelt at its convention in May 1935 and renounces the New Deal?

2. Which of the following individuals considers himself the founder of the Federal Reserve Board and strongly disagrees with the February 1935 banking bill?

3. During the 1932 Presidential primary race, which of the following candidates can not appear at the Democratic convention because of a run on his Chicago bank?

4. In which of the following cities does the American Federation of Labor hold its 1934 convention?

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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