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

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) Immigration reform.
(b) Industrial welfare.
(c) Conservation.
(d) Unemployment relief.

2. In the summer of 1934 the Industrial Association decides to break a strike using force in which of the following port cities?
(a) New York.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Houston.

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

4. When describing conditions for homeless and jobless Americans, Leuchtenburg says that the largest "Hooverville" was in which of the following cities?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Portland.
(c) Chicago.
(d) St. Louis.

5. Upon receiving his appointment from Roosevelt, the new head of the Recovery Administration memorably remarks that it will be "red fire at first" and dead what afterward?
(a) Badgers.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Elephants.
(d) Cats.

Short Answer Questions

1. As more and more American workers organize themselves into labor unions in 1933-35, Roosevelt is faced with having to decide what which provision of the National Industrial Recovery Act actually means?

2. In "The Politics of Hard Times," which of the following individuals says that Roosevelt is "a pleasant man who, without any important qualifications for the office, would very much like to be President"?

3. 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?

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?

5. When Roosevelt forms the Public Works Administration he appoints the Secretary of the Interior to run it. What was his name?

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