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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. The National Housing Act of 1934 created a new agency, the Federal Housing Administration. Under which of the following individuals is the FHA run?
(a) Frances Perkins.
(b) Aubrey Williams.
(c) George Biddle.
(d) James Moffett.

2. Shortly after his January 1938 State of the Union Address Roosevelt meets with the head of U.S. Steel. What was his name?
(a) Myron Taylor.
(b) Robert Jackson.
(c) Arthur Salter.
(d) Leon Henderson.

3. Which of the following pieces of legislation did Roosevelt not insist Congress pass before they adjourned in June of 1935?
(a) Housing bill.
(b) Banking bill.
(c) Wagner bill.
(d) Social Security.

4. The National Industrial Recovery Act, which Roosevelt signs on June 16, 1933, provides how much in funding for public works?
(a) $6.5 trillion.
(b) $400 thousand.
(c) $3.3 billion.
(d) $1.5 million.

5. As "The Politics of Hard Times" opens, how many years does Leuchtenburg say Hoover has been President?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Which of the following individuals proposes the non-recognition solution to Manchuria in January 1932?

5. Approximately how many schools were either built or improved by the Works Progress Administration in "One Third of a Nation"?

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