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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Winter of Despair.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to "The Politics of Hard Times," about how many people were unemployed by 1932?
(a) 5 million.
(b) 125 thousand.
(c) 13 million.
(d) 800 thousand.

2. According to the end of "The Politics of Hard Times," what is the final Electoral College tally by which Roosevelt defeats Hoover?
(a) 282-249.
(b) 519-12.
(c) 472-59.
(d) 354-177.

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

4. Which of the following candidates has the powerful support of publisher William Randolph Hearst during the 1932 Presidential primary race?
(a) William McAdoo.
(b) John Nance Garner.
(c) J. Hamilton Lewis.
(d) Melvin J. Traylor.

5. According to "Winter of Despair," which of the following words appears most frequently in the writings of New Deal theorists?
(a) Labor.
(b) Welfare.
(c) Balance.
(d) Power.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "Winter of Despair," U.S. Steel employed 225,000 full-time workers in 1929. How many employees are full time by April of 1933?

2. By the time Roosevelt is inaugurated, how many states have closed their banks?

3. According to "Winter of Despair," on a single day in April 1932 an entire 1/4 of which state went up for auction?

4. Which of the following individuals switches California's votes to Roosevelt during the 1932 Democratic convention, thus making Roosevelt the Democratic candidate?

5. "The Politics of Hard Times" reports that as the party in power, which political party faced almost certain defeat in the 1932 election?

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