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

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) St. Louis.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Portland.
(d) Brooklyn.

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

4. In which of the following cities does Roosevelt accept the Democratic nomination for President after the 1932 convention?
(a) St. Louis.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Portland.
(d) Chicago.

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?
(a) February.
(b) April.
(c) September.
(d) July.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "One Third of a Nation" Leuchtenburg discusses the poor migrants who headed west and became the basis for a famous novel by which author?

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

3. Which of the following individuals is a member of the "Brain Trust" and continues to serve as an adviser after the 1932 election, when that group disbands?

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

5. When asked why he kept a family going on credit, a Philadelphia storekeeper told a reporter that there were how many children in the family's house with no shoes?

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