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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As "Over the Top" opens, Roosevelt appoints which of the following individuals to head the Recovery Administration?
(a) Felix Frankfurter.
(b) Sherwood Anderson.
(c) Hugh Johnson.
(d) Jerome Frank.

2. In which of the following cities does "Winter of Despair" say unpaid teachers faint in their classrooms due to lack of food?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) Detroit.
(c) New York City.
(d) Chicago.

3. In 1934, Secretary Wallace is extremely relieved when he is able to slacken crop restriction due to which of the following natural disasters?
(a) Fire.
(b) Flood.
(c) Drought.
(d) Tornado.

4. The 1935 Banking Act aims to bring all large state banks under the jurisdiction of the Federal Reserve Board by requiring them to join the Federal Reserve System by what year?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1939.

5. After the 1932 election, Roosevelt's Brain Trust argues that the market theories of which major economist have vanished forever?
(a) John Stuart Mill.
(b) John Maynard Keynes.
(c) Adam Smith.
(d) Alfred Marshall.

6. Which of the following railroads does "The Politics of Hard Times" mention as a common ride for homeless Americans in search of work?
(a) Rock Island.
(b) Burlington Northern.
(c) New York Central.
(d) Union Pacific.

7. 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) Basil O'Connor.
(d) James Kieran.

8. In "One Third of a Nation" Leuchtenburg discusses the poor migrants who headed west and became the basis for a famous novel by which author?
(a) John Steinbeck.
(b) Jerome Frank.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) Chester Davis.

9. In which of the following cities does the American Federation of Labor hold its 1934 convention?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) New York.
(c) Des Moines.
(d) San Francisco.

10. Which of the following politicians is from Nebraska and leads the fight for the Tennessee Valley Authority in the first few months of 1933?
(a) George Norris.
(b) Hugo Black.
(c) Joe Martin.
(d) James Warburg.

11. Which of the following pieces of legislation did Roosevelt not insist Congress pass before they adjourned in June of 1935?
(a) Banking bill.
(b) Housing bill.
(c) Social Security.
(d) Wagner bill.

12. As "Over the Top" concludes, Leuchtenburg reports that by the spring of 1934 there were twice as many men working as the year before in which city?
(a) St. Louis.
(b) Detroit.
(c) New York.
(d) Des Moines.

13. 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) 5 million.
(b) 200 thousand.
(c) 600 thousand.
(d) 12 million.

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) Depression.
(d) Starvation.

15. In January of 1934 the first of a few challengers for Roosevelt springs up. What is the name of the challenger who proposes the Old Age Revolving Pensions plan?
(a) Milo Reno.
(b) Francis Townsend.
(c) Homer Martin.
(d) Frank Walsh.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Roosevelt's inauguration approaches, he increasingly favors the ideas of which major economist?

2. Toward the end of "The Second Hundred Days" Roosevelt is forced to fire the head of the Tennessee Valley Authority. What was his name?

3. On which of the following days in May of 1935 does the Supreme Court strike down the National Industrial Recovery Act in a 9-0 decision?

4. Which of the following individuals considers himself the founder of the Federal Reserve Board and strongly disagrees with the February 1935 banking bill?

5. 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?

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