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

2. When Roosevelt forms the Public Works Administration he appoints the Secretary of the Interior to run it. What was his name?
(a) Jesse Jones.
(b) Lewis Mumford.
(c) Ballinger Pinchot.
(d) Harold Ickes.

3. On which of the following dates does the special session of Congress convene in "The Hundred Days' War"?
(a) May 22.
(b) February 25.
(c) April 15.
(d) March 9.

4. What is the name of the political organization Huey Long founds in January of 1934?
(a) Down With Roosevelt.
(b) Blue Eagles.
(c) Moving Forward.
(d) Share Our Wealth.

5. According to "Winter of Despair," which of the following individuals works for The New York Times and first coins the phrase "brain trust" in reference to Roosevelt's advisers?
(a) James Kieran.
(b) Raymond Moley.
(c) Basil O'Connor.
(d) Samuel Rosenman.

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. "The Politics of Hard Times" reports that as the party in power, which political party faced almost certain defeat in the 1932 election?

3. The National Industrial Recovery Act, which Roosevelt signs on June 16, 1933, provides how much in funding for public works?

4. 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?

5. After the ordered destruction of the 1933 cotton crop, Americans are horrified when 6 million of which baby animal are next ordered to slaughter?

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