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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the summer of 1933 farmers uproot their cotton crop to prevent over-saturation of the market. How much do farmers collect for plowing up 10 million acres of cotton?
(a) $500 thousand.
(b) $100 million.
(c) $50 thousand.
(d) $25 million.

2. Which of the following individuals proposes a federal wages and hours law in May 1937?
(a) Joseph O'Mahoney.
(b) Thurman Arnold.
(c) Walton Hamilton.
(d) Hugo Black.

3. In 1938, which of the following individuals wages a white-supremacy campaign in his home state of South Carolina to the disgust of Roosevelt and the New Dealers?
(a) Harry Hopkins.
(b) Cotton Ed Smith.
(c) Aubrey Williams.
(d) John O'Connor.

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

5. Which of the following individuals is the most dominant figure in the Temporary National Economic Committee created in "Stalemate"?
(a) Hugo Black.
(b) Thurman Arnold.
(c) Joseph O'Mahoney.
(d) Walton Hamilton.

Short Answer Questions

1. As "Over the Top" opens, Roosevelt appoints which of the following individuals to head the Recovery Administration?

2. 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?

3. In 1934, Secretary Wallace is extremely relieved when he is able to slacken crop restriction due to which of the following natural disasters?

4. As "Over the Top" concludes, Leuchtenburg reports that by the spring of 1934 there were twice as many men working as the year before in which city?

5. Which of the following individuals laments in "Stalemate" that Thomas Jefferson would not have spoken to the Democrats?

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