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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Roosevelt Reconstruction: Retrospect.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following individuals is called the "father of soil conservation" and is appointed to head the Soil Erosion Service in October of 1933?
(a) Stuart Chase.
(b) Alistair Cooke.
(c) Hugh Hammond Bennett.
(d) Morris Cooke.

2. 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?
(a) 11.
(b) 15.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

3. In the election of 1938, how many seats do Republicans pick up in the House of Representatives?
(a) 16.
(b) 49.
(c) 72.
(d) 81.

4. For the 1940 campaign, who does Roosevelt pick as his new running mate?
(a) Harry Hopkins.
(b) Henry Wallace.
(c) John Garner.
(d) Jimmie Byrnes.

5. In his attempt to adapt the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to the New Deal, Roosevelt puts a Texas banker in charge. What is that man's name?
(a) Harold Ickes.
(b) Lewis Mumford.
(c) Ballinger Pinchot.
(d) Jesse Jones.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many deutsche marks are Jews in Germany fined by the Nazis after a young Polish Jew murders the third secretary of the German Embassy in Paris in November of 1938.

2. In "The Politics of Hard Times," which of the following individuals says that Roosevelt is "a pleasant man who, without any important qualifications for the office, would very much like to be President"?

3. When discussing the plight of homeless and jobless Americans in 1932, Leuchtenburg mentions that two hundred men would huddle over fires in which of the following states?

4. Between September and December of 1937, how many people are laid off when the economy suddenly cracks?

5. 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?

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