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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through One Third of a Nation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Roosevelt's inauguration approaches, he increasingly favors the ideas of which major economist?
(a) John Maynard Keynes.
(b) Adam Smith.
(c) John Stuart Mill.
(d) Alfred Marshall.

2. 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) 12.
(d) 74.

3. In June of 1934 President Roosevelt asks the Committee on Economic Security to develop a social security program. By which of the following individuals is the effort led?
(a) Frances Perkins.
(b) George Biddle.
(c) James Moffett.
(d) Aubrey Williams.

4. According to "Winter of Despair," U.S. Steel employed 225,000 full-time workers in 1929. How many employees are full time by April of 1933?
(a) 225.
(b) 120,000.
(c) 975.
(d) 0.

5. According to "Winter of Despair," which of the following words appears most frequently in the writings of New Deal theorists?
(a) Welfare.
(b) Balance.
(c) Labor.
(d) Power.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following candidates has the powerful support of publisher William Randolph Hearst during the 1932 Presidential primary race?

2. 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?

3. In which of the following cities does "Winter of Despair" say unpaid teachers faint in their classrooms due to lack of food?

4. When discussing his time as Governor, Leuchtenburg says that Roosevelt accomplishes gains in all but which of the following areas?

5. When Roosevelt forms the Public Works Administration he appoints the Secretary of the Interior to run it. What was his name?

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