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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 975.
(c) 0.
(d) 225.

2. 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 York.
(b) Oregon.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) New Mexico.

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

4. 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) Ivar Kreuger.
(b) Ferdinand Pecora.
(c) Charles Mitchell.
(d) Albert Wiggin.

5. What is the name of the political organization Huey Long founds in January of 1934?
(a) Down With Roosevelt.
(b) Blue Eagles.
(c) Share Our Wealth.
(d) Moving Forward.

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

7. In the spring of 1932, in which state is Roosevelt Governor?
(a) New York.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) Oregon.
(d) Pennsylvania.

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

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

10. What is the name of the popular radio pastor in "Waiting for Lefty" who first supports Roosevelt but begins to waver soon after the election?
(a) Reverend Morgan.
(b) Reverend Coughlin.
(c) Reverend Gabriel.
(d) Reverend Short.

11. The National Industrial Recovery Act, which Roosevelt signs on June 16, 1933, provides how much in funding for public works?
(a) $400 thousand.
(b) $6.5 trillion.
(c) $1.5 million.
(d) $3.3 billion.

12. After the election in November of 1932, during which month is Roosevelt inaugurated?
(a) March.
(b) December.
(c) February.
(d) January.

13. When the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act is approved, it also creates the National Youth Administration. By which of the following individuals is the NYA program run?
(a) Frances Perkins.
(b) James Moffett.
(c) Aubrey Williams.
(d) George Biddle.

14. "The Politics of Hard Times" reports that as the party in power, which political party faced almost certain defeat in the 1932 election?
(a) Progressive.
(b) Libertarian.
(c) Democrat.
(d) Republican.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

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

4. In June of 1934 President Roosevelt asks the Committee on Economic Security to develop a social security program. By which of the following individuals is the effort led?

5. 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?

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