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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 "Winter of Despair," U.S. Steel employed 225,000 full-time workers in 1929. How many employees are full time by April of 1933?
(a) 120,000.
(b) 0.
(c) 225.
(d) 975.

2. When discussing the plight of homeless and jobless Americans in 1932, Leuchtenburg mentions that two hundred men would huddle over fires in which of the following states?
(a) New York.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) Oregon.
(d) Tennessee.

3. According to "Winter of Despair," on a single day in April 1932 an entire 1/4 of which state went up for auction?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Missouri.
(c) Colorado.
(d) New Mexico.

4. After the election in November of 1932, during which month is Roosevelt inaugurated?
(a) March.
(b) January.
(c) December.
(d) February.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the spring of 1932, in which state is Roosevelt Governor?

3. The quote from Harold Clurman at the beginning of "Winter of Despair" states that people could smell what in the air during the winter of 1932-33?

4. When discussing his time as Governor, Leuchtenburg says that Roosevelt accomplishes gains in all but which of the following areas?

5. After the 1932 election, Roosevelt's Brain Trust argues that the market theories of which major economist have vanished forever?

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