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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following individuals laments in "Stalemate" that Thomas Jefferson would not have spoken to the Democrats?
(a) Harry Byrd.
(b) Maury Maverick.
(c) Carter Glass.
(d) Josiah Bailey.

2. When discussing Roosevelt's personality Leuchtenburg mentions that every part of Roosevelt's life seems to have a public quality, including his dog of what name?
(a) Tugwell.
(b) Fala.
(c) Ross.
(d) Moley.

3. "An End to Isolation" states that by the end of 1940 America has worked out defense agreements with all but which of the South American nations?
(a) Argentina.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Peru.
(d) Chile.

4. When Maxim Litvinov, the Soviet representative, arrives in the US in 1933 he is given a dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria. All but which of the following executive groups attend?
(a) House of Morgan.
(b) Pennsylvania Railroad.
(c) Liberty League.
(d) Chase National Bank.

5. After the International Economic Conference in London in 1933, Roosevelt notes that which major economist had been "magnificently right"?
(a) John Maynard Keynes.
(b) Alfred Marshall.
(c) Adam Smith.
(d) John Stuart Mill.

6. Which of the following individuals says in 1938 that "it is always best and safest to count on nothing from the Americans but words in reference to European conflict?
(a) Charles Beard.
(b) Neville Chamberlain.
(c) Maury Maverick.
(d) Woodrow Wilson.

7. Which of the following individuals is the leader of the New Deal faction in the House of Representatives in 1937?
(a) Carter Glass.
(b) Maury Maverick.
(c) Josiah Bailey.
(d) Harry Byrd.

8. What is the name of the secret terror group discovered in 1936 in Detroit during a routine police investigation?
(a) White Front.
(b) Black Front.
(c) Black Legion.
(d) White Legion.

9. Leuchtenburg states in "The Fascist Challenge" that in September 1938 tension is building in all but which of the following cities?
(a) London.
(b) Rome.
(c) Bagdad.
(d) Paris.

10. After the Soviet invasion of Finland in November 1939, Roosevelt is disgusted and lends the Fins how much money?
(a) $184 million.
(b) $10 million.
(c) $25 thousand.
(d) $12 thousand.

11. Which of the following individuals is the most dominant figure in the Temporary National Economic Committee created in "Stalemate"?
(a) Joseph O'Mahoney.
(b) Thurman Arnold.
(c) Walton Hamilton.
(d) Hugo Black.

12. In his 1937 bid to reorganize the Supreme Court, at what age does Roosevelt say justices should retire?
(a) 60.
(b) 80.
(c) 50.
(d) 70.

13. Which of the following individuals states in "An End to Isolation" that Roosevelt's quest for power makes him the equal of Stalin, Hitler, and Mussolini?
(a) David Walsh.
(b) Carl Curtis.
(c) Harry Elmer Barnes.
(d) Oren Root.

14. In 1938, which of the following individuals wages a white-supremacy campaign in his home state of South Carolina to the disgust of Roosevelt and the New Dealers?
(a) Aubrey Williams.
(b) Cotton Ed Smith.
(c) John O'Connor.
(d) Harry Hopkins.

15. In "A Sea of Troubles," which of the following individuals is the hero of the antimonopolists who was reported to have predicted a recession within 6 months in 1937?
(a) Robert Jackson.
(b) Leon Henderson.
(c) Arthur Salter.
(d) Myron Taylor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following individuals--a former Roosevelt supporter--indicates toward the end of "Stalemate" that he doesn't really want anything further to do with the President?

2. On December 12, 1937, Japanese war planes bomb which of the following US naval vessels anchored in the Yangtse harbor?

3. Which of the following individuals is the Assistant Attorney General who blames monopolists for the recession in December 1937?

4. After the 1938 elections, Roosevelt points out that despite Republican gains in Congress he is still the first two-term President to retain control of Congress since which of the following?

5. What is the name of the group of 30 Americans who publish "A Summons to Speak Out" in June 1940?

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