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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Over the Top.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days does it take Congress to pass the economy bill in March 1933?
(a) 31.
(b) 2.
(c) 9.
(d) 16.

2. In the summer of 1932, farmers riot in all but which of the following states?
(a) Iowa.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) Nebraska.

3. When describing conditions for homeless and jobless Americans, Leuchtenburg says that the largest "Hooverville" was in which of the following cities?
(a) Portland.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Chicago.
(d) St. Louis.

4. After the ordered destruction of the 1933 cotton crop, Americans are horrified when 6 million of which baby animal are next ordered to slaughter?
(a) Sheep.
(b) Cows.
(c) Pigs.
(d) Chickens.

5. Which of the following business executives laments in October of 1930 that the real blame for the financial crisis lay with the irresponsible--and now unemployed--populace?
(a) John Edgerton of the National Association of Manufacturers.
(b) George Washington Hill of American Tobacco.
(c) William Randolph Hearst of "The New York Journal".
(d) Henry Ford of Ford Motor Company.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Winter of Despair" a group of fifty-five men is charged with dismantling and carrying away a whole four-story building in which of the following cities?

2. In Roosevelt's speech at the beginning of "The Hundred Days' War" he states that the nation is not stricken by any plague of which of the following pests?

3. By the time Roosevelt is inaugurated, how many states have closed their banks?

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. After the election in November of 1932, during which month is Roosevelt inaugurated?

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