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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 commits suicide in March of 1932 and is proved a swindler of $100,000,000 in bonds a month after his death?
(a) Charles Mitchell.
(b) Ivar Kreuger.
(c) Albert Wiggin.
(d) Ferdinand Pecora.

2. According to "Winter of Despair," on a single day in April 1932 an entire 1/4 of which state went up for auction?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Colorado.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) Missouri.

3. During the Blue Eagle parade in New York City, Roosevelt remarks that there is a unity sweeping America that has not been seen since what year?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1917.

4. 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?
(a) 15%.
(b) 80%.
(c) 38%.
(d) 100%.

5. "The New Deal at High Tide" mentions that during the Dust Bowl the temperature in Vinita, Oklahoma, was over one hundred degrees for how many days straight?
(a) 31.
(b) 12.
(c) 22.
(d) 35.

Short Answer Questions

1. After founding his political organization, in which of the following states does Huey Long successfully rally a crowd of farmers in the spring of 1935?

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

3. In which of the following cities does the American Federation of Labor hold its 1934 convention?

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. Upon receiving his appointment from Roosevelt, the new head of the Recovery Administration memorably remarks that it will be "red fire at first" and dead what afterward?

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