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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. On which of the following dates does the special session of Congress convene in "The Hundred Days' War"?
(a) March 9.
(b) February 25.
(c) April 15.
(d) May 22.

2. As Roosevelt's inauguration approaches, he increasingly favors the ideas of which major economist?
(a) Alfred Marshall.
(b) John Maynard Keynes.
(c) Adam Smith.
(d) John Stuart Mill.

3. 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?
(a) 0.
(b) 225.
(c) 120,000.
(d) 975.

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

5. Which of the following new taxes does Roosevelt not propose to Congress in June of 1935?
(a) Gifts.
(b) Inheritance.
(c) Sales.
(d) Corporations.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Secretary Wallace sends out a questionnaire to cotton farmers asking their opinion of compulsory crop reduction, he finds that what percentage favor the plan?

2. In January 1936, Al Smith charges at a Liberty League banquet in Washington that the Roosevelt administration is disguising itself as all but which of the following?

3. According to "The Hundred Days' War," how long does it take after Roosevelt's inauguration for the country to shift from apathy to expectation?

4. In the spring of 1932, in which state is Roosevelt Governor?

5. When the social security bill goes to Congress in April of 1935, by what margin does it pass in the House of Representatives?

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