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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Libertarian.
(b) Republican.
(c) Progressive.
(d) Democrat.

2. Toward the end of his term, Hoover orders a Senate investigation into the financial crisis. Which of the following men is chosen to lead this investigation?
(a) Charles Mitchell.
(b) Ferdinand Pecora.
(c) Albert Wiggin.
(d) Ivar Kreuger.

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) Gophers.
(b) Cockroaches.
(c) Locusts.
(d) Rats.

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

5. When discussing the plight of homeless and jobless Americans in 1932, Leuchtenburg mentions that two hundred men would huddle over fires in which of the following states?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) New York.
(d) Oregon.

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

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

8. 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) Frances Perkins.
(b) Aubrey Williams.
(c) James Moffett.
(d) George Biddle.

9. Which of the following groups breaks with Roosevelt at its convention in May 1935 and renounces the New Deal?
(a) U.S. Department of Defense.
(b) U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
(c) U.S. Department of Agriculture.
(d) U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

10. Which of the following candidates has the powerful support of publisher William Randolph Hearst during the 1932 Presidential primary race?
(a) J. Hamilton Lewis.
(b) William McAdoo.
(c) John Nance Garner.
(d) Melvin J. Traylor.

11. According to "Winter of Despair," U.S. Steel employed 225,000 full-time workers in 1929. How many employees are full time by April of 1933?
(a) 120,000.
(b) 0.
(c) 975.
(d) 225.

12. Just prior to the passage of the Rural Electrification Administration in May of 1935, for every 10 American farms how many are without electricity?
(a) 10.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 9.

13. As "The Second Hundred Days" opens, New Dealers worry that all but which of the following conservative Supreme Court justices might deem the New Deal unconstitutional?
(a) George Sutherland.
(b) James McReynolds.
(c) Pierce Butler.
(d) Louis Brandeis.

14. 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) Joseph E. Davis.
(b) Robert Sherwood.
(c) Harry Hopkins.
(d) Peggy Bacon.

15. 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) $25 million.
(b) $100 million.
(c) $500 thousand.
(d) $50 thousand.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. On Roosevelt's very first night in office, he directs his Secretary of the Treasury to draft an emergency banking bill. Who is the Secretary of Treasury?

3. 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?

4. According to "The Hundred Days' War," how long does it take after Roosevelt's inauguration for the country to shift from apathy to expectation?

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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