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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. Justice Louis Brandeis tells Roosevelt in 1935 that he must return to regulated competition, the "little unit." To which other president had Brandeis given this advice?
(a) Calvin Coolidge.
(b) Woodrow Wilson.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) Warren G. Harding.

2. Which of the following individuals is a member of the "Brain Trust" and continues to serve as an adviser after the 1932 election, when that group disbands?
(a) Samuel Rosenman.
(b) Raymond Moley.
(c) James Kieran.
(d) Basil O'Connor.

3. As Roosevelt's inauguration approaches, he increasingly favors the ideas of which major economist?
(a) Alfred Marshall.
(b) Adam Smith.
(c) John Maynard Keynes.
(d) John Stuart Mill.

4. 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?
(a) 9 (c).
(b) 4 (b).
(c) 7 (a).
(d) 2 (d).

5. In response to Roosevelt's 1937 attempt to reorganize the Supreme Court, which of the following justices retires?
(a) Roberts.
(b) Hughes.
(c) Van Devanter.
(d) McReynolds.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following candidates has the powerful support of publisher William Randolph Hearst during the 1932 Presidential primary race?

3. What is the name of the political organization Huey Long founds in January of 1934?

4. "Winter of Despair" mentions all but which of the following individuals as progressives who oppose deficit spending?

5. During the labor riots in Minneapolis in 1934, city truck drivers are lead by Vincent Raymond Dunne. By what age had that person first become a teamster?

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