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

2. 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?
(a) Charles Mitchell.
(b) Albert Wiggin.
(c) Ferdinand Pecora.
(d) Ivar Kreuger.

3. When the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenancy Act is approved, it creates the Farm Security Administration to provide loans to farmers. In what year does this measure pass?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1935.

4. During the 1936 campaign, how much money do labor unions contribute to Roosevelt under the leadership of Republican John L. Lewis?
(a) $140,000.
(b) $770,000.
(c) $560,000.
(d) $320,000.

5. In 1936 Roosevelt speaks at the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia. As he makes his way onto the stage, he falls while trying to shake the hand of which individual?
(a) William Phillips.
(b) Anne O'Hare McCormick.
(c) Edwin Markham.
(d) Roy Howard.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. According to "A Sea of Troubles," how many residents of Cleveland go without food or clothing relief during the first six days of 1938?

3. On October 11, 1938, Roosevelt announced a build up for how much to American armaments, a response to a speech by Hitler?

4. 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?

5. In which of the following cities does "Winter of Despair" say unpaid teachers faint in their classrooms due to lack of food?

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