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

2. 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) $860 thousand.
(c) $3.75 billion.
(d) $9.4 trillion.

3. 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.

4. Twice a week, during Roosevelt's press conferences, how many reporters were typically let in to question him?
(a) 200.
(b) 125.
(c) 32.
(d) 60.

5. In his review of Roosevelt's Presidency, Leuchtenburg mentions that which of the following executive orders went almost completely unnoticed but allowed the presidency to modernize?
(a) 5345.
(b) 3124.
(c) 7649.
(d) 8248.

Short Answer Questions

1. On October 11, 1938, Roosevelt announced a build up for how much to American armaments, a response to a speech by Hitler?

2. 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?

3. How many deutsche marks are Jews in Germany fined by the Nazis after a young Polish Jew murders the third secretary of the German Embassy in Paris in November of 1938.

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?

5. On Memorial Day in 1937, in which of the following cities do police kill ten strikers at a steel plant?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Fascist Challenge" why does fascism begin to look attractive to some Americans?

2. What is the German response when Roosevelt asks Hitler and Mussolini for their pledge in 1939 not to attack thirty-one nations?

3. In February of 1937, why did Roosevelt set out to reorganize the Supreme Court?

4. What role did Mrs. Roosevelt play in her husband's administration, as discussed in "The New Deal at High Tide"?

5. Explain the result of Roosevelt's 1937 attempt to reorganize the Supreme Court.

6. Why did the economic recovery suddenly crash in the last few months of 1937?

7. What is the soil problem discussed in "The New Deal at High Tide" and how is it resolved?

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

9. What was the result of the Trade Agreements Act in 1934?

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

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