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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. By the time Roosevelt is inaugurated, how many states have closed their banks?
(a) 38.
(b) 23.
(c) 49.
(d) 14.

3. As Roosevelt's inauguration approaches, he increasingly favors the ideas of which major economist?
(a) John Stuart Mill.
(b) Adam Smith.
(c) Alfred Marshall.
(d) John Maynard Keynes.

4. 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) Des Moines.
(c) Detroit.
(d) Chicago.

5. How many people tuned in to their radios on March 12, 1933, to hear the first of Roosevelt's famous Fireside Chats?
(a) 60 million.
(b) 5 million.
(c) 100 thousand.
(d) 20 thousand.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Pecora's investigation into the House of Morgan partners in May of 1933--and the subsequent income tax revelations--leads Congress to pass which of the following bills?

3. "Winter of Despair" mentions all but which of the following individuals as progressives who oppose deficit spending?

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

5. 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?

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