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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Fascist Challenge.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following new taxes does Roosevelt not propose to Congress in June of 1935?
(a) Sales.
(b) Inheritance.
(c) Corporations.
(d) Gifts.

3. On December 12, 1937, Japanese war planes bomb which of the following US naval vessels anchored in the Yangtse harbor?
(a) U.S.S. Panay.
(b) U.S.S. Kete.
(c) U.S.S. Grayling.
(d) U.S.S. Cisco.

4. When discussing Roosevelt's disability, Leuchtenburg mentions that the President has been unable to walk unassisted since which year?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1929.

5. Which of the following individuals is the Assistant Attorney General who blames monopolists for the recession in December 1937?
(a) Leon Henderson.
(b) Myron Taylor.
(c) Arthur Salter.
(d) Robert Jackson.

Short Answer Questions

1. After successfully forcing one justice to retire by attempting to reorganize the Supreme Court, which of the following individuals does Roosevelt appoint to fill the vacancy?

2. Which of the following groups breaks with Roosevelt at its convention in May 1935 and renounces the New Deal?

3. Toward the end of his term, Hoover orders a Senate investigation into the financial crisis. Which of the following men is chosen to lead this investigation?

4. Which of the following politicians is from Nebraska and leads the fight for the Tennessee Valley Authority in the first few months of 1933?

5. Toward the end of "The New Deal at High Tide" Leuchtenburg mentions that seven years into the Depression how many Americans are still unemployed?

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