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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which of the following cities does Roosevelt accept the Democratic nomination for President after the 1932 convention?
(a) St. Louis.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Portland.
(d) Brooklyn.

2. Toward the end of his term, Hoover orders a Senate investigation into the financial crisis. Which of the following men is chosen to lead this investigation?
(a) Ivar Kreuger.
(b) Charles Mitchell.
(c) Ferdinand Pecora.
(d) Albert Wiggin.

3. In his attempt to adapt the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to the New Deal, Roosevelt puts a Texas banker in charge. What is that man's name?
(a) Jesse Jones.
(b) Ballinger Pinchot.
(c) Harold Ickes.
(d) Lewis Mumford.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Roosevelt asks Congress for legislation to regulate the Stock Exchange in February of 1934, which of the following men--President of the Stock Exchange--is outraged?

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

3. On which of the following dates does the special session of Congress convene in "The Hundred Days' War"?

4. On Roosevelt's very first night in office, he directs his Secretary of the Treasury to draft an emergency banking bill. Who is the Secretary of Treasury?

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?

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