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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 publisher who asks Roosevelt for a "breathing spell" at the close of the 1935 Congressional session?
(a) Roy Howard.
(b) Anne O'Hare McCormick.
(c) William Phillips.
(d) Edwin Markham.

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

3. During the review of Roosevelt's Presidency, Leuchtenburg notes that how many trees were planted as a windbreak under Roosevelt?
(a) 150 thousand.
(b) 600 thousand.
(c) 200 million.
(d) 800 billion.

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

5. 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) 65,000.
(b) 9,700.
(c) 2,500.
(d) 120,000.

6. 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"?
(a) Donald Richberg.
(b) Eleanor Roosevelt.
(c) Henry Wallace.
(d) Elbert Thomas.

7. 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) Morris Cooke.
(b) Stuart Chase.
(c) Alistair Cooke.
(d) Hugh Hammond Bennett.

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. In May 1934 the US signs a treaty that abolishes the Platt Amendment with which of the following countries?
(a) Chile.
(b) Russia.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Mexico.

10. 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) Secretary Stimson.
(b) Walter Johnson.
(c) Theodore Carlson.
(d) Secretary Knox.

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

12. Which of the following individuals states in "An End to Isolation" that Roosevelt's quest for power makes him the equal of Stalin, Hitler, and Mussolini?
(a) David Walsh.
(b) Carl Curtis.
(c) Oren Root.
(d) Harry Elmer Barnes.

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

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

15. In response to Roosevelt's 1937 attempt to reorganize the Supreme Court, which of the following justices retires?
(a) McReynolds.
(b) Hughes.
(c) Roberts.
(d) Van Devanter.

Short Answer Questions

1. In March of 1934 the House of Representatives passes the Trade Agreements Act. By what margin does the bill pass?

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

3. 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?

4. How long does it take for the Senate to approve the Neutrality Act signed on August 31, 1935?

5. When Germany makes its move in 1940, how long does it take for the Nazis to drive British troops out of France?

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