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

2. As "The Politics of Hard Times" opens, how many years does Leuchtenburg say Hoover has been President?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

3. "The Politics of Hard Times" reports that as the party in power, which political party faced almost certain defeat in the 1932 election?
(a) Libertarian.
(b) Democrat.
(c) Progressive.
(d) Republican.

4. Between September and December of 1937, how many people are laid off when the economy suddenly cracks?
(a) 2 million.
(b) 7 million.
(c) 250 thousand.
(d) 800 thousand.

5. Approximately how many schools were either built or improved by the Works Progress Administration in "One Third of a Nation"?
(a) 950.
(b) 2,750.
(c) 13,000.
(d) 5,900.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Second Hundred Days" Leuchtenburg notes that because of the Rural Electrification Administration, for every 10 American farms how many have electricity by 1950?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. When, in early 1935, Roosevelt urges Congress to approve entry into the World Court, he does not count on the outcry raised by all but which of the following?

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