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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Harry Hopkins.
(b) John O'Connor.
(c) Aubrey Williams.
(d) Cotton Ed Smith.

2. In May 1934 the US signs a treaty that abolishes the Platt Amendment with which of the following countries?
(a) Chile.
(b) Russia.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Mexico.

3. Which of the following individuals proposes a federal wages and hours law in May 1937?
(a) Hugo Black.
(b) Walton Hamilton.
(c) Thurman Arnold.
(d) Joseph O'Mahoney.

4. At the close of "The Roosevelt Reconstruction: Retrospect," which of the following individuals states "we have left Egypt but have not yet arrived at the Promised Land"?
(a) Donald Richberg.
(b) Eleanor Roosevelt.
(c) Henry Wallace.
(d) Elbert Thomas.

5. On which of the following dates in 1937 does Roosevelt send Congress his design to reorganize the Supreme Court?
(a) February 19.
(b) January 7.
(c) January 21.
(d) February 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. When discussing Roosevelt's disability, Leuchtenburg mentions that the President has been unable to walk unassisted since which year?

2. In his review of Roosevelt's Presidency, Leuchtenburg mentions that which of the following executive orders went almost completely unnoticed but allowed the presidency to modernize?

3. When discussing how to justify Roosevelt's war policy to the American people, General Marshall points out that the US has only how many planes available?

4. Which of the following individuals is the US ambassador to Germany in "A Farewell to Arms" and says that Hitler is such a horror that he cannot endure the man's presence?

5. Which of the following individuals is a reporter who remarks that Roosevelt seems far more serene than European leaders in the beginning of "The New Deal at High Tide"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the Neutrality Act signed by Congress in 1935 and what it was intended to accomplish.

2. How does Roosevelt get around the Congressional issues over the lease of destroyers to England in "An End to Isolation"?

3. Explain the result of Roosevelt's 1937 attempt to reorganize the Supreme Court.

4. What is the purpose of the Temporary National Economic Committee, created in 1938?

5. Describe the change in American business after the New Deal labor programs, as discussed in Leuchtenburg's review of Roosevelt's presidency.

6. In February of 1937, why did Roosevelt set out to reorganize the Supreme Court?

7. What is the soil problem discussed in "The New Deal at High Tide" and how is it resolved?

8. Explain the creation of and the focus of the House Committee on Un-American Activities when it was created in 1938.

9. How does Roosevelt respond when the Soviet Union invades Finland?

10. Explain the problems with the Fair Labor Standards Act passed in June 1938.

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