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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through One Third of a Nation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In January of 1934 the first of a few challengers for Roosevelt springs up. What is the name of the challenger who proposes the Old Age Revolving Pensions plan?
(a) Francis Townsend.
(b) Milo Reno.
(c) Frank Walsh.
(d) Homer Martin.

2. Leuchtenburg describes an incident where about 50 people fight over a barrel of garbage left at the back door of a restaurant. In which city does this take place?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) St. Louis.
(d) Portland.

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

4. 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) Pittsburgh.
(d) New Orleans.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act is approved, it also creates the National Youth Administration. By which of the following individuals is the NYA program run?

3. In which of the following cities does the American Federation of Labor hold its 1934 convention?

4. According to "Winter of Despair," on a single day in April 1932 an entire 1/4 of which state went up for auction?

5. Approximately how many schools were either built or improved by the Works Progress Administration in "One Third of a Nation"?

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