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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. Which of the following individuals had Roosevelt appointed as Governor of the Federal Reserve Board in 1934 who began pushing for a major banking bill in February of 1935?
(a) Marriner Eccles.
(b) Lauchlin Currie.
(c) James P. Warburg.
(d) Carter Glass.

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) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 10.
(d) 9.

3. After the election in November of 1932, during which month is Roosevelt inaugurated?
(a) February.
(b) March.
(c) January.
(d) December.

4. In the run up to the 1934 Congressional elections, John Garner guesses that Republicans will win how many seats in the House of Representatives?
(a) 37.
(b) 103.
(c) 74.
(d) 12.

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) 1937.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1942.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Which of the following new taxes does Roosevelt not propose to Congress in June of 1935?

4. According to "Winter of Despair," on a single day in April 1932 an entire 1/4 of which state went up for auction?

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

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