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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Roosevelt asks Congress for legislation to regulate the Stock Exchange in February of 1934, which of the following men--President of the Stock Exchange--is outraged?
(a) James Forrestal.
(b) John Raskob.
(c) Richard Whitney.
(d) Henry Morgenthau.

2. Which of the following pieces of legislation did Roosevelt not insist Congress pass before they adjourned in June of 1935?
(a) Social Security.
(b) Banking bill.
(c) Housing bill.
(d) Wagner bill.

3. After the 1932 election, Roosevelt's Brain Trust argues that the market theories of which major economist have vanished forever?
(a) Adam Smith.
(b) John Stuart Mill.
(c) John Maynard Keynes.
(d) Alfred Marshall.

4. As "The Politics of Hard Times" opens, how many years does Leuchtenburg say Hoover has been President?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

5. According to "Winter of Despair," which of the following individuals works for The New York Times and first coins the phrase "brain trust" in reference to Roosevelt's advisers?
(a) Samuel Rosenman.
(b) Basil O'Connor.
(c) Raymond Moley.
(d) James Kieran.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "Winter of Despair," which of the following words appears most frequently in the writings of New Deal theorists?

2. Which of the following individuals had Roosevelt appointed as Governor of the Federal Reserve Board in 1934 who began pushing for a major banking bill in February of 1935?

3. In which of the following cities does the American Federation of Labor hold its 1934 convention?

4. In his attempt to adapt the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to the New Deal, Roosevelt puts a Texas banker in charge. What is that man's name?

5. Which of the following politicians is from Massachusetts and laments that the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority is a "Soviet dream" in 1933?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Hoover's problem with the Bonus Army situation as discussed in "The Politics of Hard Times."

2. Explain the political game Hoover tried to get Roosevelt to play in November and December of 1932 in regard to the Anglo-French war debt.

3. Why did Secretary Wallace order the destruction of the cotton crop in 1933, and how were farmers compensated for their losses?

4. What were the major provisions of the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933, as discussed in "The Hundred Days' War"?

5. What was the purpose of the Rural Electrification Administration (REA), created in May of 1935, and what did this program accomplish?

6. In "The Second Hundred Days," why are the New Dealers worried about the Supreme Court?

7. What was the labor problem anticipated during the 1930s, as discussed in "Winter of Despair"?

8. Explain the Old Age Revolving Pensions proposal put forth by Doctor Townsend, as discussed in "Waiting for Lefty."

9. What was the purpose of the Works Progress Administration created in 1935, and under what primary rule did it function?

10. Describe the attitudes of Wall Street businessmen in the early 1930s, as discussed in "Winter of Despair."

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