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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. When Secretary Wallace sends out a questionnaire to cotton farmers asking their opinion of compulsory crop reduction, he finds that what percentage favor the plan?
(a) 15%.
(b) 100%.
(c) 80%.
(d) 38%.

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

3. As "The Politics of Hard Times" opens, how many years does Leuchtenburg say Hoover has been President?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

4. In May of 1933, Roosevelt announces his choice to head the new Federal Emergency Relief Administration. Which of the following individuals does Roosevelt pick?
(a) Peggy Bacon.
(b) Harry Hopkins.
(c) Robert Sherwood.
(d) Joseph E. Davis.

5. At the close of "The Roosevelt Reconstruction: Retrospect," which of the following individuals states "we have left Egypt but have not yet arrived at the Promised Land"?
(a) Donald Richberg.
(b) Henry Wallace.
(c) Elbert Thomas.
(d) Eleanor Roosevelt.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take for the Senate to approve the Neutrality Act signed on August 31, 1935?

2. When describing conditions for homeless and jobless Americans, Leuchtenburg says that the largest "Hooverville" was in which of the following cities?

3. When the social security bill goes to Congress in April of 1935, by what margin does it pass in the House of Representatives?

4. Which of the following pieces of legislation did Roosevelt not insist Congress pass before they adjourned in June of 1935?

5. Which of the following individuals is a reporter who remarks that Roosevelt seems far more serene than European leaders in the beginning of "The New Deal at High Tide"?

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