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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. According to "The Politics of Hard Times," about how many people were unemployed by 1932?
(a) 5 million.
(b) 13 million.
(c) 800 thousand.
(d) 125 thousand.

2. In June of 1934 President Roosevelt asks the Committee on Economic Security to develop a social security program. By which of the following individuals is the effort led?
(a) George Biddle.
(b) Aubrey Williams.
(c) Frances Perkins.
(d) James Moffett.

3. When discussing Senator Huey Long of Louisiana, Leuchtenburg mentions that Long loves his nickname of what?
(a) Kingfish.
(b) Shark.
(c) Amos.
(d) Dewey.

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

5. Which of the following individuals switches California's votes to Roosevelt during the 1932 Democratic convention, thus making Roosevelt the Democratic candidate?
(a) William McAdoo.
(b) John Nance Garner.
(c) Melvin J. Traylor.
(d) J. Hamilton Lewis.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of the political organization Huey Long founds in January of 1934?

4. In the summer of 1934 the Industrial Association decides to break a strike using force in which of the following port cities?

5. After the 1932 election, Roosevelt's Brain Trust argues that the market theories of which major economist have vanished forever?

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