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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 is a reporter who remarks that Roosevelt seems far more serene than European leaders in the beginning of "The New Deal at High Tide"?
(a) Edwin Markham.
(b) Anne O'Hare McCormick.
(c) William Phillips.
(d) Roy Howard.

2. For the 1940 campaign, who does Roosevelt pick as his new running mate?
(a) John Garner.
(b) Jimmie Byrnes.
(c) Henry Wallace.
(d) Harry Hopkins.

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

4. When, in early 1935, Roosevelt urges Congress to approve entry into the World Court, he does not count on the outcry raised by all but which of the following?
(a) William Randolph Hearst.
(b) Father Coughlin.
(c) Huey Long.
(d) Will Rogers.

5. "An End to Isolation" states that by the end of 1940 America has worked out defense agreements with all but which of the South American nations?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Chile.
(c) Peru.
(d) Argentina.

6. After the 1936 farm law proves unworkable, Wallace resists attempts to deregulate production in the hopes of being like which of the following Old Testament characters?
(a) John.
(b) Luke.
(c) Mark.
(d) Joseph.

7. In June of 1940 Roosevelt surprises the nation by naming which of the following individuals as Secretary of War?
(a) John Gleason.
(b) Henry Stimson.
(c) Robert Morss Lovett.
(d) Frank Knox.

8. 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) James Murray.
(b) Cordell Hull.
(c) Jim Farley.
(d) John Garner.

9. When discussing Roosevelt's personality, which of the following individuals is the Under Secretary of State and says the President seems to have multiple personalities?
(a) William Phillips.
(b) Edwin Markham.
(c) Anne O'Hare McCormick.
(d) Roy Howard.

10. In May 1940, General Marshall wants a force of at least how many soldiers?
(a) 5 million.
(b) 8 thousand.
(c) 12 thousand.
(d) 2 million.

11. In the election of 1938, how many seats do Republicans pick up in the House of Representatives?
(a) 72.
(b) 16.
(c) 81.
(d) 49.

12. Which of the following individuals is the most dominant figure in the Temporary National Economic Committee created in "Stalemate"?
(a) Thurman Arnold.
(b) Joseph O'Mahoney.
(c) Hugo Black.
(d) Walton Hamilton.

13. 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) John Clarke.
(c) Frank Murphy.
(d) James McReynolds.

14. Twice a week, during Roosevelt's press conferences, how many reporters were typically let in to question him?
(a) 125.
(b) 200.
(c) 60.
(d) 32.

15. "The New Deal at High Tide" mentions that during the Dust Bowl the temperature in Vinita, Oklahoma, was over one hundred degrees for how many days straight?
(a) 35.
(b) 22.
(c) 31.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. In April 1939, Roosevelt makes one last attempt to avert war by asking Hitler and Mussolini to agree not to attack how many nations, listed by name?

2. Which of the following individuals is called the "father of soil conservation" and is appointed to head the Soil Erosion Service in October of 1933?

3. When discussing Roosevelt's personality Leuchtenburg mentions that every part of Roosevelt's life seems to have a public quality, including his dog of what name?

4. When discussing Roosevelt's disability, Leuchtenburg mentions that the President has been unable to walk unassisted since which year?

5. After the International Economic Conference in London in 1933, Roosevelt notes that which major economist had been "magnificently right"?

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