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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the Blue Eagle parade in New York City, Roosevelt remarks that there is a unity sweeping America that has not been seen since what year?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1922.

2. In the summer of 1932, farmers riot in all but which of the following states?
(a) Iowa.
(b) Nebraska.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) Georgia.

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) Detroit.
(b) Des Moines.
(c) Seattle.
(d) Chicago.

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

5. According to "The Hundred Days' War," how long does it take after Roosevelt's inauguration for the country to shift from apathy to expectation?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 9 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. When asked why he kept a family going on credit, a Philadelphia storekeeper told a reporter that there were how many children in the family's house with no shoes?

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

5. According to "The Politics of Hard Times," about how many people were unemployed by 1932?

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