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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On which of the following dates in 1937 does Roosevelt send Congress his design to reorganize the Supreme Court?
(a) January 21.
(b) January 7.
(c) February 5.
(d) February 19.

2. 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) Grant.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Monroe.
(d) Eisenhower.

3. After successfully forcing one justice to retire by attempting to reorganize the Supreme Court, which of the following individuals does Roosevelt appoint to fill the vacancy?
(a) Herbert Lehman.
(b) Phillip Murray.
(c) Hugo Black.
(d) John Garner.

4. Which of the following individuals comments toward the end of "A Sea of Troubles" that the "old Roosevelt magic has lost its kick"?
(a) Herbert Hoover.
(b) Bernard De Voto.
(c) Tommy Corcoran.
(d) Hugh Johnson.

5. Toward the end of "The New Deal at High Tide" Leuchtenburg mentions that seven years into the Depression how many Americans are still unemployed?
(a) 2 million.
(b) 8 million.
(c) 975 thousand.
(d) 100 thousand.

6. Which of the following individuals takes care of all White House mail up until Roosevelt's presidency?
(a) Erwin Canham.
(b) Frances Perkins.
(c) Justin Douglas.
(d) Ira Smith.

7. When Japan begins to cause problems in 1939, the US responds by lending how much money to China?
(a) $2.5 billion.
(b) $25 million.
(c) $102 thousand.
(d) $7 million.

8. 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) House of Morgan.
(b) Chase National Bank.
(c) Liberty League.
(d) Pennsylvania Railroad.

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

10. What is the name of the group of 30 Americans who publish "A Summons to Speak Out" in June 1940?
(a) Club of Americans.
(b) Actor's Guild.
(c) Freedom Guild.
(d) Century Group.

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

12. In September of 1935, which of Roosevelt's political critics is shot and killed by Dr. Carl Austin Weiss?
(a) Doctor Townsend.
(b) Rev. Coughlin.
(c) Huey Long.
(d) Dean Acheson.

13. After the International Economic Conference in London in 1933, Roosevelt notes that which major economist had been "magnificently right"?
(a) Adam Smith.
(b) Alfred Marshall.
(c) John Stuart Mill.
(d) John Maynard Keynes.

14. 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) Roy Howard.
(b) William Phillips.
(c) Anne O'Hare McCormick.
(d) Edwin Markham.

15. 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?
(a) Stuart Chase.
(b) Alistair Cooke.
(c) Hugh Hammond Bennett.
(d) Morris Cooke.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following individuals is quoted in "The Roosevelt Reconstruction: Retrospect" as saying the New Deal was a revolutionary response to a revolutionary situation?

2. Which of the following individuals is quoted in "The Roosevelt Reconstruction: Retrospect" as saying he has no desire to be a social worker because they have no sense of humor?

3. 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?

4. As "A Sea of Troubles" opens, on which of the following dates in 1937 does Roosevelt deliver his second Inaugural Address?

5. 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?

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