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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Winter of Despair.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In which of the following cities does Roosevelt accuse Hoover of being "the greatest spending Administration in peace times in all our history" during the 1932 Presidential campaign?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Topeka.
(c) Pittsburgh.
(d) Sioux City.
2. 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) Life.
(c) Barron's.
(d) Fortune.
3. Which of the following individuals commits suicide in March of 1932 and is proved a swindler of $100,000,000 in bonds a month after his death?
(a) Ivar Kreuger.
(b) Ferdinand Pecora.
(c) Albert Wiggin.
(d) Charles Mitchell.
4. Leuchtenburg describes an incident where about 50 people fight over a barrel of garbage left at the back door of a restaurant. In which city does this take place?
(a) St. Louis.
(b) Portland.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Chicago.
5. Which of the following individuals switches California's votes to Roosevelt during the 1932 Democratic convention, thus making Roosevelt the Democratic candidate?
(a) John Nance Garner.
(b) J. Hamilton Lewis.
(c) Melvin J. Traylor.
(d) William McAdoo.
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. Which of the following candidates has the powerful support of publisher William Randolph Hearst during the 1932 Presidential primary race?
3. In which of the following cities does Roosevelt accept the Democratic nomination for President after the 1932 convention?
4. "Winter of Despair" mentions all but which of the following individuals as progressives who oppose deficit spending?
5. In "Winter of Despair" a group of fifty-five men is charged with dismantling and carrying away a whole four-story building in which of the following cities?
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