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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Winter of Despair" mentions all but which of the following individuals as progressives who oppose deficit spending?
(a) Robert Wagner.
(b) Fiorello La Guardia.
(c) Robert La Follette.
(d) Bernard Baruch.

2. By which of the following months in 1934 has Roosevelt grown tired of the new head of the Recovery Administration and secured that person's resignation?
(a) September.
(b) July.
(c) February.
(d) April.

3. 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) 100%.
(b) 15%.
(c) 80%.
(d) 38%.

4. As "One Third of a Nation" closes, Harry Hopkins writes that even if prosperity returns to America at least how many will still be unemployed?
(a) 200 thousand.
(b) 12 million.
(c) 5 million.
(d) 600 thousand.

5. Which of the following individuals commits suicide in March of 1932 and is proved a swindler of $100,000,000 in bonds a month after his death?
(a) Charles Mitchell.
(b) Ivar Kreuger.
(c) Ferdinand Pecora.
(d) Albert Wiggin.

6. Which of the following individuals had Roosevelt appointed as Governor of the Federal Reserve Board in 1934 who began pushing for a major banking bill in February of 1935?
(a) Lauchlin Currie.
(b) James P. Warburg.
(c) Marriner Eccles.
(d) Carter Glass.

7. When discussing his time as Governor, Leuchtenburg says that Roosevelt accomplishes gains in all but which of the following areas?
(a) Industrial welfare.
(b) Immigration reform.
(c) Conservation.
(d) Unemployment relief.

8. 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) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 15.

9. During the summer of 1933 farmers uproot their cotton crop to prevent over-saturation of the market. How much do farmers collect for plowing up 10 million acres of cotton?
(a) $50 thousand.
(b) $500 thousand.
(c) $25 million.
(d) $100 million.

10. When discussing Senator Huey Long of Louisiana, Leuchtenburg mentions that Long loves his nickname of what?
(a) Kingfish.
(b) Amos.
(c) Shark.
(d) Dewey.

11. When Roosevelt asks Congress for legislation to regulate the Stock Exchange in February of 1934, which of the following men--President of the Stock Exchange--is outraged?
(a) Henry Morgenthau.
(b) John Raskob.
(c) Richard Whitney.
(d) James Forrestal.

12. The National Housing Act of 1934 created a new agency, the Federal Housing Administration. Under which of the following individuals is the FHA run?
(a) James Moffett.
(b) Aubrey Williams.
(c) Frances Perkins.
(d) George Biddle.

13. During the labor strikes of 1934, in which of the following cities do taxi cab drivers burn a hundred taxis?
(a) Atlantic City.
(b) Des Moines.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) San Francisco.

14. The quote from Harold Clurman at the beginning of "Winter of Despair" states that people could smell what in the air during the winter of 1932-33?
(a) Hope.
(b) Sulfur.
(c) Starvation.
(d) Depression.

15. After founding his political organization, in which of the following states does Huey Long successfully rally a crowd of farmers in the spring of 1935?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Colorado.
(d) Iowa.

Short Answer Questions

1. "The Politics of Hard Times" reports that as the party in power, which political party faced almost certain defeat in the 1932 election?

2. Which of the following politicians is from Massachusetts and laments that the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority is a "Soviet dream" in 1933?

3. In "Winter of Despair" a group of fifty-five men is charged with dismantling and carrying away a whole four-story building in which of the following cities?

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

5. Which of the following politicians is from Nebraska and leads the fight for the Tennessee Valley Authority in the first few months of 1933?

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