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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Stalemate.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Which of the following individuals is the leader of the New Deal faction in the House of Representatives in 1937?
(a) Carter Glass.
(b) Maury Maverick.
(c) Josiah Bailey.
(d) Harry Byrd.

5. The 1935 Banking Act aims to bring all large state banks under the jurisdiction of the Federal Reserve Board by requiring them to join the Federal Reserve System by what year?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1940.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the 1938 elections, Roosevelt points out that despite Republican gains in Congress he is still the first two-term President to retain control of Congress since which of the following?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. Toward the end of "The Second Hundred Days" Roosevelt is forced to fire the head of the Tennessee Valley Authority. What was his name?

5. As "The Second Hundred Days" opens, New Dealers worry that all but which of the following conservative Supreme Court justices might deem the New Deal unconstitutional?

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