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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Sea of Troubles.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act is approved, it also creates the National Youth Administration. By which of the following individuals is the NYA program run?
(a) Frances Perkins.
(b) James Moffett.
(c) George Biddle.
(d) Aubrey Williams.

2. 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) James Kieran.
(b) Samuel Rosenman.
(c) Basil O'Connor.
(d) Raymond Moley.

3. When the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenancy Act is approved, it creates the Farm Security Administration to provide loans to farmers. In what year does this measure pass?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1936.

4. 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?
(a) Iowa.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Colorado.
(d) Louisiana.

5. Which of the following groups breaks with Roosevelt at its convention in May 1935 and renounces the New Deal?
(a) U.S. Department of Defense.
(b) U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
(c) U.S. Department of Agriculture.
(d) U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Winter of Despair" mentions all but which of the following individuals as progressives who oppose deficit spending?

2. "The Politics of Hard Times" reports that as the party in power, which political party faced almost certain defeat in the 1932 election?

3. When asked why he kept a family going on credit, a Philadelphia storekeeper told a reporter that there were how many children in the family's house with no shoes?

4. Which of the following individuals is called the "father of soil conservation" and is appointed to head the Soil Erosion Service in October of 1933?

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

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