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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Waiting for Lefty.

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

2. After the election of 1932, which of the following magazines promotes the idea of giving Roosevelt dictatorial powers to fix the economy?
(a) Fortune.
(b) Barron's.
(c) Time.
(d) Life.

3. How many days does it take Congress to pass the economy bill in March 1933?
(a) 9.
(b) 31.
(c) 2.
(d) 16.

4. As "Over the Top" opens, Roosevelt appoints which of the following individuals to head the Recovery Administration?
(a) Hugh Johnson.
(b) Sherwood Anderson.
(c) Jerome Frank.
(d) Felix Frankfurter.

5. 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) 975.
(b) 0.
(c) 225.
(d) 120,000.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. During the labor riots in Minneapolis in 1934, city truck drivers are lead by Vincent Raymond Dunne. By what age had that person first become a teamster?

5. By which of the following months in 1934 has Roosevelt grown tired of the new head of the Recovery Administration and secured that person's resignation?

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