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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When discussing the Fair Labor Standards Act, Leuchtenburg states that in New England shoe factory workers average only how much pay per year?
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?
3. Which of the following individuals is the Assistant Attorney General who blames monopolists for the recession in December 1937?
4. Toward the end of "The New Deal at High Tide" Leuchtenburg mentions that seven years into the Depression how many Americans are still unemployed?
5. When in May 1940 Roosevelt explains how quickly bombers could leave West Africa and reach Omaha, he mentions that the Army at this time has how many infantry tanks?
Short Essay Questions
1. What effect does Germany's success in Europe in the spring of 1940 have on Americans?
2. In "The Fascist Challenge" why does fascism begin to look attractive to some Americans?
3. In "The Roosevelt Reconstruction: Retrospect" how does Leuchtenburg say Roosevelt changed the way the President dealt with the press?
4. In the early part of 1938, why did Roosevelt seem to prefer allowing the economic gurus to argue around him rather than making any solid decisions about economic policy?
5. According to the beginning of "The Roosevelt Reconstruction: Retrospect" how have things changed in America between 1932 and 1936?
6. What was Mrs. Roosevelt's opinion of the New Deal, as discussed at the end of "The Roosevelt Reconstruction: Retrospect"?
7. Who opposed Roosevelt in the 1936 election, and how did he hope to win?
8. Describe the change in American business after the New Deal labor programs, as discussed in Leuchtenburg's review of Roosevelt's presidency.
9. In February of 1937, why did Roosevelt set out to reorganize the Supreme Court?
10. How does Roosevelt get around the Congressional issues over the lease of destroyers to England in "An End to Isolation"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In a well-developed essay, explain and analyze the ways in which capitalism seems to have broken down during the Great Depression as discussed by Leuchtenburg. How did the basic theory of supply and demand stop functioning, and in what way did that contribute to the problem? Be sure to include supporting information from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast the Old Age Revolving Pension plan proposed by Doctor Francis Townsend in 1934 with the creation of Social Security in 1935. What elements do these two approaches have in common, and where do they differ? Include supporting information from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze and discuss the challenges faced by Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace, as detailed in "Over the Top." In a well-developed essay, target Secretary Wallace's three biggest problems and his handling of them. Be sure to address the nation's reaction to Wallace's policies, and include supporting information from the chapter.
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