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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When discussing his time as Governor, Leuchtenburg says that Roosevelt accomplishes gains in all but which of the following areas?
(a) Industrial welfare.
(b) Conservation.
(c) Immigration reform.
(d) Unemployment relief.

2. 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) 0.
(b) 120,000.
(c) 225.
(d) 975.

3. 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?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Des Moines.
(d) Detroit.

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) Chicago.
(b) Portland.
(c) St. Louis.
(d) Brooklyn.

5. 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) Sioux City.
(b) Pittsburgh.
(c) Topeka.
(d) New Orleans.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Iron Age" reports during the summer of 1932 that steel plants are operating at what percent of their capacity?

2. As "The Politics of Hard Times" opens, how many years does Leuchtenburg say Hoover has been President?

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

4. 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?

5. According to the end of "The Politics of Hard Times," what is the final Electoral College tally by which Roosevelt defeats Hoover?

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