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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. With what assertion does David Kennedy say he disagrees regarding Roosevelt?
(a) His programs stemmed suffering.
(b) He was a Communist.
(c) He bought his elections.
(d) He saved America.

2. In Three o'Clock in the Morning, Wilbur Kane's mother was bitter about the invasion of what?
(a) Poland.
(b) Manchuria.
(c) Ethiopia.
(d) The Sudetanland

3. When were the collectivized camps outside of urban centers closed?
(a) The seventies.
(b) When America entered World War II.
(c) When Roosevelt died.
(d) When the stock market crashed.

4. What type of protest does Horace Cayton discuss in Honor and Humiliation?
(a) Walk-outs.
(b) Lie-ins.
(c) Be-ins.
(d) Sit-ins.

5. What happened to Orrin Kelly after the incident with the Iowa judge?
(a) He was arrested.
(b) He interviewed the leaders of the mob.
(c) He became judge of the county.
(d) He had to flee town.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Harry Hartman do in the 1930's when he felt bad for the indebted people he was serving?

2. Of what sixties-era organization is Robert A. Baird's son Peter a member?

3. According to Max Shachtman, what international event ended credibility for Communism in the United States?

4. In what country did William Patterson study economics for a time?

5. What two roles did Henry Wallace play in the Roosevelt administration?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the incident with the Iowa Judge in The Father Is the Man?

2. How does Alf Landon recall his 1936 campaign against Roosevelt in the book?

3. How much power did coal companies have in the towns they inhabited?

4. What was the most controversial component of the New Deal?

5. How did The Cradle Will Rock become a lightning rod of controversy?

6. According to Elizabeth Wood, how did public housing develop the stigma it has today?

7. How did Neil Schaffner's theatre troupe have to change their business model after the Crash 1929?

8. How does Christopher Lasch explain the possibility of a socialist revolt in the 1930's?

9. What role did Elsa Ponselle play in the forming of the Teacher's Union?

10. How did Ray Wax's life disillusion him to the idea of strive-and-succeed?

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