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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following individuals proposes a federal wages and hours law in May 1937?
(a) Joseph O'Mahoney.
(b) Thurman Arnold.
(c) Walton Hamilton.
(d) Hugo Black.

2. Which of the following individuals--a former Roosevelt supporter--indicates toward the end of "Stalemate" that he doesn't really want anything further to do with the President?
(a) James Murray.
(b) Frank Merriam.
(c) Tom Mooney.
(d) Raymond Clapper.

3. When Maxim Litvinov, the Soviet representative, arrives in the US in 1933 he is given a dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria. All but which of the following executive groups attend?
(a) Liberty League.
(b) House of Morgan.
(c) Pennsylvania Railroad.
(d) Chase National Bank.

4. When discussing how to justify Roosevelt's war policy to the American people, General Marshall points out that the US has only how many planes available?
(a) 102.
(b) 75.
(c) 160.
(d) 350.

5. Between September and December of 1937, how many people are laid off when the economy suddenly cracks?
(a) 800 thousand.
(b) 7 million.
(c) 2 million.
(d) 250 thousand.

6. After the 1938 elections, Roosevelt points out that despite Republican gains in Congress he is still the first two-term President to retain control of Congress since which of the following?
(a) Eisenhower.
(b) Monroe.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Grant.

7. In "The Roosevelt Reconstruction: Retrospect," which of the following Supreme Court Justices writes Roosevelt that he's of course made mistakes, but that's human?
(a) Stanley Reed.
(b) Frank Murphy.
(c) John Clarke.
(d) James McReynolds.

8. Which of the following individuals says in 1938 that "it is always best and safest to count on nothing from the Americans but words in reference to European conflict?
(a) Neville Chamberlain.
(b) Maury Maverick.
(c) Woodrow Wilson.
(d) Charles Beard.

9. Which of the following individuals states toward the end of "An End to Isolation" that he can't "escape saying that the English are not going to win this war without our help"?
(a) Walter Johnson.
(b) Secretary Knox.
(c) Secretary Stimson.
(d) Theodore Carlson.

10. When discussing the Fair Labor Standards Act, Leuchtenburg states that in New England shoe factory workers average only how much pay per year?
(a) $1,042.
(b) $853.
(c) $678.
(d) $276.

11. On December 12, 1937, Japanese war planes bomb which of the following US naval vessels anchored in the Yangtse harbor?
(a) U.S.S. Cisco.
(b) U.S.S. Panay.
(c) U.S.S. Kete.
(d) U.S.S. Grayling.

12. As "A Farewell to Arms" opens, which of the following Senators states that the League of Nations is "nothing more than a cog in the military machine of Europe"?
(a) Cordell Hull.
(b) William Borah.
(c) David Reay.
(d) George Harrison.

13. In 1936 Roosevelt speaks at the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia. As he makes his way onto the stage, he falls while trying to shake the hand of which individual?
(a) Edwin Markham.
(b) Anne O'Hare McCormick.
(c) Roy Howard.
(d) William Phillips.

14. In response to Roosevelt's April request for a large-scale lend-spend program, in June 1938 Congress votes to approve how much for public works?
(a) $3.75 billion.
(b) $9.4 trillion.
(c) $640 thousand.
(d) $860 thousand.

15. When trying to decide whether or not to run for reelection in 1940, Roosevelt rejects all but which of the following possible Democratic candidates?
(a) Cordell Hull.
(b) John Garner.
(c) Jim Farley.
(d) James Murray.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following individuals laments in "Stalemate" that Thomas Jefferson would not have spoken to the Democrats?

2. Twice a week, during Roosevelt's press conferences, how many reporters were typically let in to question him?

3. In his 1937 bid to reorganize the Supreme Court, at what age does Roosevelt say justices should retire?

4. At the 1940 Democratic Convention, having decided to run for reelection, Roosevelt is nominated on the first ballot with how many votes?

5. In the election of 1938, how many seats do Republicans pick up in the House of Representatives?

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