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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1934, Secretary Wallace is extremely relieved when he is able to slacken crop restriction due to which of the following natural disasters?
(a) Flood.
(b) Fire.
(c) Tornado.
(d) Drought.

2. When Maxim Litvinov, the Soviet representative, arrives in the US in 1933 he is given a dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria. All but which of the following executive groups attend?
(a) Pennsylvania Railroad.
(b) House of Morgan.
(c) Liberty League.
(d) Chase National Bank.

3. Toward the end of "The Second Hundred Days" Roosevelt is forced to fire the head of the Tennessee Valley Authority. What was his name?
(a) George Fort Milton.
(b) Lloyd George.
(c) Arthur Morgan.
(d) Anne O'Hare McCormick.

4. As "The Fascist Challenge" opens, Leuchtenburg mentions that which of the following individuals is the civil liberty suppressing mayor of Jersey City?
(a) Frank Hague.
(b) Felix Frankfurter.
(c) William Douglas.
(d) Jackson Day.

5. Which of the following politicians is from Nebraska and leads the fight for the Tennessee Valley Authority in the first few months of 1933?
(a) Joe Martin.
(b) Hugo Black.
(c) George Norris.
(d) James Warburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the labor strikes of 1934, in which of the following cities do taxi cab drivers burn a hundred taxis?

2. When discussing the plight of homeless and jobless Americans in 1932, Leuchtenburg mentions that two hundred men would huddle over fires in which of the following states?

3. How many days does it take Congress to pass the economy bill in March 1933?

4. In the summer of 1934 the Industrial Association decides to break a strike using force in which of the following port cities?

5. In his attempt to adapt the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to the New Deal, Roosevelt puts a Texas banker in charge. What is that man's name?

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