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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Fascist Challenge.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Just prior to the passage of the Rural Electrification Administration in May of 1935, for every 10 American farms how many are without electricity?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 10.
(d) 9.

3. After the ordered destruction of the 1933 cotton crop, Americans are horrified when 6 million of which baby animal are next ordered to slaughter?
(a) Chickens.
(b) Cows.
(c) Pigs.
(d) Sheep.

4. In the election of 1938, how many seats do Republicans pick up in the House of Representatives?
(a) 72.
(b) 81.
(c) 49.
(d) 16.

5. Justice Louis Brandeis tells Roosevelt in 1935 that he must return to regulated competition, the "little unit." To which other president had Brandeis given this advice?
(a) Herbert Hoover.
(b) Woodrow Wilson.
(c) Warren G. Harding.
(d) Calvin Coolidge.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After the 1936 farm law proves unworkable, Wallace resists attempts to deregulate production in the hopes of being like which of the following Old Testament characters?

3. "The Politics of Hard Times" reports that as the party in power, which political party faced almost certain defeat in the 1932 election?

4. In 1936 Roosevelt speaks at the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia. As he makes his way onto the stage, he falls while trying to shake the hand of which individual?

5. When describing conditions for homeless and jobless Americans, Leuchtenburg says that the largest "Hooverville" was in which of the following cities?

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