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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Sea of Troubles.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following individuals comments toward the end of "A Sea of Troubles" that the "old Roosevelt magic has lost its kick"?
(a) Bernard De Voto.
(b) Tommy Corcoran.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) Hugh Johnson.

2. During the 1932 Presidential primary race, which of the following candidates can not appear at the Democratic convention because of a run on his Chicago bank?
(a) John Nance Garner.
(b) Melvin J. Traylor.
(c) J. Hamilton Lewis.
(d) William McAdoo.

3. 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?
(a) 2 (d).
(b) 9 (c).
(c) 4 (b).
(d) 7 (a).

4. After the International Economic Conference in London in 1933, Roosevelt notes that which major economist had been "magnificently right"?
(a) Adam Smith.
(b) John Maynard Keynes.
(c) Alfred Marshall.
(d) John Stuart Mill.

5. Which of the following individuals is the governor of the New York Federal Reserve Bank and is sent as a delegate to the International Economic Conference in 1933?
(a) George Harrison.
(b) David Reay.
(c) William Borah.
(d) Cordell Hull.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following individuals is Roosevelt's Secretary of State who tries to lower trade barriers in "A Farewell to Arms"?

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

3. According to "Winter of Despair," U.S. Steel employed 225,000 full-time workers in 1929. How many employees are full time by April of 1933?

4. During the 1936 campaign, how much money do labor unions contribute to Roosevelt under the leadership of Republican John L. Lewis?

5. As "The Second Hundred Days" opens, New Dealers worry that all but which of the following conservative Supreme Court justices might deem the New Deal unconstitutional?

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