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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. To which of her children did Eleanor become closest?
(a) Elliott
(b) James
(c) Ann
(d) Sara

2. What did average Americans collect to help the war effort?
(a) Scrap metal
(b) Stamps
(c) Sugar
(d) Rubber

3. At what convention does Eleanor speak?
(a) League of Women's Voters Convention
(b) Democratic National Convention
(c) Republican National Convention
(d) Convention of Sleeping Car Porters

4. As part of his presidential campaign of 1940, what did Roosevelt do?
(a) Toured the Southern states
(b) Dismissed Missy LeHand
(c) Increased the number of fireside chats
(d) Visited defense plants

5. How did Roosevelt help businesses prepare for war?
(a) They could amortize capital expenses
(b) They could defer tax payments for one year
(c) They received stimulus loans
(d) They received huge tax cuts

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Roosevelt learn on May 9, 1940?

2. What was Eleanor's relation to Theodore Roosevelt?

3. What famous speech did Franklin make on December 8, 1941?

4. What happened to change the nature of Eleanor and Franklin's marriage?

5. What is put into place and will impact the citizens of America?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the nature of Eleanor's childhood?

2. What is Eleanor's heritage?

3. What is one perspective of historians regarding the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?

4. Explain Eleanor Roosevelt's position and activities related to race relations in the United States in 1940.

5. Explain the challenges and circumstances facing Roosevelt in the matter of reinstating a military draft in 1940.

6. What happened in the aftermath of Sara Roosevelt's death in September 1941?

7. In what way does Eleanor find some purpose in her life mid-1940?

8. Name Roosevelt's "Four Essential Freedoms" as outlined in a State of the Union address.

9. What was Eleanor Roosevelt's position on war?

10. Explain the evolution of Franklin and Eleanor's marriage.

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