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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By the time Roosevelt is inaugurated, how many states have closed their banks?
(a) 38.
(b) 49.
(c) 14.
(d) 23.

2. When the social security bill goes to Congress in April of 1935, by what margin does it pass in the House of Representatives?
(a) 256-148.
(b) 302-102.
(c) 371-33.
(d) 392-12.

3. In Roosevelt's speech at the beginning of "The Hundred Days' War" he states that the nation is not stricken by any plague of which of the following pests?
(a) Locusts.
(b) Rats.
(c) Gophers.
(d) Cockroaches.

4. Which of the following individuals considers himself the founder of the Federal Reserve Board and strongly disagrees with the February 1935 banking bill?
(a) Lauchlin Currie.
(b) Carter Glass.
(c) Marriner Eccles.
(d) James P. Warburg.

5. In which of the following cities does Roosevelt accept the Democratic nomination for President after the 1932 convention?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) St. Louis.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Portland.

6. In "One Third of a Nation" Congress approves the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act. In which year does this act pass?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1936.

7. After the election of 1932, which of the following magazines promotes the idea of giving Roosevelt dictatorial powers to fix the economy?
(a) Life.
(b) Fortune.
(c) Barron's.
(d) Time.

8. Leuchtenburg describes an incident where about 50 people fight over a barrel of garbage left at the back door of a restaurant. In which city does this take place?
(a) Chicago.
(b) St. Louis.
(c) Portland.
(d) Brooklyn.

9. 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) 15.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.

10. 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) 38%.
(d) 80%.

11. How many days does it take Congress to pass the economy bill in March 1933?
(a) 16.
(b) 31.
(c) 2.
(d) 9.

12. 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) Carter Glass.
(c) James P. Warburg.
(d) Marriner Eccles.

13. 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?
(a) Des Moines.
(b) Seattle.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Detroit.

14. In the run up to the 1934 Congressional elections, John Garner guesses that Republicans will win how many seats in the House of Representatives?
(a) 37.
(b) 12.
(c) 74.
(d) 103.

15. When Roosevelt forms the Public Works Administration he appoints the Secretary of the Interior to run it. What was his name?
(a) Lewis Mumford.
(b) Jesse Jones.
(c) Ballinger Pinchot.
(d) Harold Ickes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the spring of 1934, after the demise of the Civil Works Administration, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration helped how many students attend college?

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

3. Pecora's investigation into the House of Morgan partners in May of 1933--and the subsequent income tax revelations--leads Congress to pass which of the following bills?

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

5. As "Over the Top" opens, Roosevelt appoints which of the following individuals to head the Recovery Administration?

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