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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) $9.4 trillion.
(b) $640 thousand.
(c) $860 thousand.
(d) $3.75 billion.

2. Which of the following individuals is Roosevelt's Secretary of State who tries to lower trade barriers in "A Farewell to Arms"?
(a) William Borah.
(b) George Harrison.
(c) David Reay.
(d) Cordell Hull.

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

4. According to "A Sea of Troubles," how many residents of Cleveland go without food or clothing relief during the first six days of 1938?
(a) 2,500.
(b) 65,000.
(c) 120,000.
(d) 9,700.

5. 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) Grant.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Monroe.

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

7. 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?
(a) Carl Degler.
(b) Raymond Moley.
(c) Ferdinand Lundberg.
(d) Walter Pierce.

8. 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) John Clarke.
(b) James McReynolds.
(c) Stanley Reed.
(d) Frank Murphy.

9. Which of the following individuals is chairman of the House Committee on Un-American Activities when it is created in 1938?
(a) Martin Dies.
(b) James A. Farley.
(c) Noah Mason.
(d) Frank Murpy.

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) $853.
(b) $678.
(c) $1,042.
(d) $276.

11. As "A Sea of Troubles" opens, on which of the following dates in 1937 does Roosevelt deliver his second Inaugural Address?
(a) February 5.
(b) January 21.
(c) January 7.
(d) February 19.

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

13. 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) Liberty League.
(c) Pennsylvania Railroad.
(d) Chase National Bank.

14. The exploits of which of the following individuals in 1933 and 34 convinces Americans that better federal action was needed in law enforcement?
(a) Melvin Purvis.
(b) John Dillinger.
(c) Pretty Boy Floyd.
(d) J.Edgar Hoover.

15. 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) Huey Long.
(c) Father Coughlin.
(d) Will Rogers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following individuals is the Assistant Attorney General who blames monopolists for the recession in December 1937?

2. After the Soviet invasion of Finland in November 1939, Roosevelt is disgusted and lends the Fins how much money?

3. In June of 1940 Roosevelt surprises the nation by naming which of the following individuals as Secretary of War?

4. When trying to decide whether or not to run for reelection in 1940, Roosevelt rejects all but which of the following possible Democratic candidates?

5. At the close of "The Roosevelt Reconstruction: Retrospect," which of the following individuals states "we have left Egypt but have not yet arrived at the Promised Land"?

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