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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. Shortly after his January 1938 State of the Union Address Roosevelt meets with the head of U.S. Steel. What was his name?
(a) Arthur Salter.
(b) Myron Taylor.
(c) Leon Henderson.
(d) Robert Jackson.

2. In the summer of 1932, farmers riot in all but which of the following states?
(a) Iowa.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) Nebraska.

3. Which of the following individuals laments in "Stalemate" that Thomas Jefferson would not have spoken to the Democrats?
(a) Maury Maverick.
(b) Carter Glass.
(c) Harry Byrd.
(d) Josiah Bailey.

4. When trying to decide whether or not to run for reelection in 1940, Roosevelt rejects all but which of the following possible Democratic candidates?
(a) John Garner.
(b) Cordell Hull.
(c) Jim Farley.
(d) James Murray.

5. Which of the following individuals proposes the non-recognition solution to Manchuria in January 1932?
(a) Frederick L. Schuman.
(b) George Messersmith.
(c) William Dodd.
(d) Henry Stimson.

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. 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?

3. As "The Fascist Challenge" opens, Leuchtenburg mentions that which of the following individuals is the civil liberty suppressing mayor of Jersey City?

4. Twice a week, during Roosevelt's press conferences, how many reporters were typically let in to question him?

5. By the time Roosevelt is inaugurated, how many states have closed their banks?

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