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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. As Roosevelt's inauguration approaches, he increasingly favors the ideas of which major economist?
(a) John Stuart Mill.
(b) Adam Smith.
(c) John Maynard Keynes.
(d) Alfred Marshall.

2. In June of 1934 President Roosevelt asks the Committee on Economic Security to develop a social security program. By which of the following individuals is the effort led?
(a) Aubrey Williams.
(b) Frances Perkins.
(c) George Biddle.
(d) James Moffett.

3. After founding his political organization, in which of the following states does Huey Long successfully rally a crowd of farmers in the spring of 1935?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Iowa.
(c) Colorado.
(d) Louisiana.

4. As "Over the Top" opens, Roosevelt appoints which of the following individuals to head the Recovery Administration?
(a) Felix Frankfurter.
(b) Hugh Johnson.
(c) Jerome Frank.
(d) Sherwood Anderson.

5. When asked why he kept a family going on credit, a Philadelphia storekeeper told a reporter that there were how many children in the family's house with no shoes?
(a) 11.
(b) 8.
(c) 15.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "The Hundred Days' War," how long does it take after Roosevelt's inauguration for the country to shift from apathy to expectation?

2. During the 1932 Presidential primary race, which of the following candidates can not appear at the Democratic convention because of a run on his Chicago bank?

3. In the spring of 1932, in which state is Roosevelt Governor?

4. When discussing the plight of homeless and jobless Americans in 1932, Leuchtenburg mentions that two hundred men would huddle over fires in which of the following states?

5. During the labor riots in Minneapolis in 1934, city truck drivers are lead by Vincent Raymond Dunne. By what age had that person first become a teamster?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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.

4. During the 1932 election, how badly did Herbert Hoover lose to Roosevelt?

5. What happened in the 1934 Congressional elections, and why was the result surprising?

6. What was the "death sentence" in the holding company bill that was supposed to go into effect on January 1, 1940 but which was ultimately defeated?

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

8. What can be considered ironic about the state of mind of jobless workers in 1934, as discussed in the opening of "One Third of a Nation"?

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

10. Describe the nation's reaction to the repeal of the 18th Amendment--with the 21st Amendment--in March of 1933.

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