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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Over the Top.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to "Winter of Despair," which of the following individuals works for The New York Times and first coins the phrase "brain trust" in reference to Roosevelt's advisers?
(a) Samuel Rosenman.
(b) Basil O'Connor.
(c) Raymond Moley.
(d) James Kieran.

2. As "The Politics of Hard Times" opens, how many years does Leuchtenburg say Hoover has been President?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

3. Toward the end of his term, Hoover orders a Senate investigation into the financial crisis. Which of the following men is chosen to lead this investigation?
(a) Charles Mitchell.
(b) Ferdinand Pecora.
(c) Albert Wiggin.
(d) Ivar Kreuger.

4. Which of the following individuals switches California's votes to Roosevelt during the 1932 Democratic convention, thus making Roosevelt the Democratic candidate?
(a) Melvin J. Traylor.
(b) William McAdoo.
(c) John Nance Garner.
(d) J. Hamilton Lewis.

5. After the election of 1932, which of the following magazines promotes the idea of giving Roosevelt dictatorial powers to fix the economy?
(a) Time.
(b) Barron's.
(c) Life.
(d) Fortune.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the summer of 1932, farmers riot in all but which of the following states?

2. According to "Winter of Despair," which of the following words appears most frequently in the writings of New Deal theorists?

3. In "The Hundred Days' War" Ferdinand Pecora's Senate investigation into Wall Street reveals that twenty partners of House of Morgan have not paid income tax in how long?

4. In which of the following cities does Roosevelt accept the Democratic nomination for President after the 1932 convention?

5. As "Over the Top" concludes, Leuchtenburg reports that by the spring of 1934 there were twice as many men working as the year before in which city?

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