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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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) $100 million.
(b) $50 thousand.
(c) $500 thousand.
(d) $25 million.

7. According to "The Politics of Hard Times," about how many people were unemployed by 1932?
(a) 5 million.
(b) 13 million.
(c) 125 thousand.
(d) 800 thousand.

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

9. In the summer of 1932, farmers riot in all but which of the following states?
(a) Iowa.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Nebraska.
(d) Wisconsin.

10. In "The Hundred Days' War" Ferdinand Pecora's Senate investigation into Wall Street reveals that twenty partners of House of Morgan have not paid income tax in how long?
(a) 32 months.
(b) 9 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 6 years.

11. As "The Politics of Hard Times" opens, how many years does Leuchtenburg say Hoover has been President?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

12. As Roosevelt's inauguration approaches, he increasingly favors the ideas of which major economist?
(a) Adam Smith.
(b) John Maynard Keynes.
(c) Alfred Marshall.
(d) John Stuart Mill.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. After the ordered destruction of the 1933 cotton crop, Americans are horrified when 6 million of which baby animal are next ordered to slaughter?

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?

4. 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?

5. In which of the following cities does Roosevelt accept the Democratic nomination for President after the 1932 convention?

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