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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The New Deal at High Tide.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When discussing Roosevelt's personality Leuchtenburg mentions that every part of Roosevelt's life seems to have a public quality, including his dog of what name?
(a) Ross.
(b) Fala.
(c) Moley.
(d) Tugwell.

2. In "The Second Hundred Days" Leuchtenburg notes that because of the Rural Electrification Administration, for every 10 American farms how many have electricity by 1950?
(a) 4.
(b) 9.
(c) 2.
(d) 10.

3. When Roosevelt asks Congress for legislation to regulate the Stock Exchange in February of 1934, which of the following men--President of the Stock Exchange--is outraged?
(a) John Raskob.
(b) James Forrestal.
(c) Richard Whitney.
(d) Henry Morgenthau.

4. According to "Winter of Despair," which of the following individuals works for The New York Times and first coins the phrase "brain trust" in reference to Roosevelt's advisers?
(a) Basil O'Connor.
(b) James Kieran.
(c) Raymond Moley.
(d) Samuel Rosenman.

5. When Roosevelt forms the Public Works Administration he appoints the Secretary of the Interior to run it. What was his name?
(a) Jesse Jones.
(b) Lewis Mumford.
(c) Harold Ickes.
(d) Ballinger Pinchot.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the ordered destruction of the 1933 cotton crop, Americans are horrified when 6 million of which baby animal are next ordered to slaughter?

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

4. Which of the following individuals is a publisher who asks Roosevelt for a "breathing spell" at the close of the 1935 Congressional session?

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

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