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

2. "The New Deal at High Tide" mentions that during the Dust Bowl the temperature in Vinita, Oklahoma, was over one hundred degrees for how many days straight?
(a) 12.
(b) 31.
(c) 35.
(d) 22.

3. 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) $276.
(c) $678.
(d) $1,042.

4. In January 1936, Al Smith charges at a Liberty League banquet in Washington that the Roosevelt administration is disguising itself as all but which of the following?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Lenin.
(c) Marx.
(d) Jefferson.

5. 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) House of Morgan.
(d) Pennsylvania Railroad.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In 1936 Roosevelt speaks at the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia. As he makes his way onto the stage, he falls while trying to shake the hand of which individual?

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

4. Which of the following individuals takes care of all White House mail up until Roosevelt's presidency?

5. After the 1936 farm law proves unworkable, Wallace resists attempts to deregulate production in the hopes of being like which of the following Old Testament characters?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the event toward the end of "A Farewell to Arms" that convinces some Americans that neutrality is not possible.

2. What is Roosevelt's reaction to his fall at the Democratic Convention in 1936, and how did that reaction differ from his usual attitude about his disability?

3. Who opposed Roosevelt in the 1936 election, and how did he hope to win?

4. Compare Roosevelt's attitude toward further spending with that of Congress in late 1937, as discussed in "Stalemate."

5. Describe the progress of Germany through Europe during the spring and summer of 1940, as discussed in "An End to Isolation."

6. In "The Roosevelt Reconstruction: Retrospect" how does Leuchtenburg say Roosevelt changed the way the President dealt with the press?

7. What effect does Germany's success in Europe in the spring of 1940 have on Americans?

8. Explain the Neutrality Act signed by Congress in 1935 and what it was intended to accomplish.

9. When Churchhill asks Roosevelt to let England use 50 or 60 US destroyers against the Nazi submarines in July 1940, how does Roosevelt respond?

10. What was Mrs. Roosevelt's opinion of the New Deal, as discussed at the end of "The Roosevelt Reconstruction: Retrospect"?

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