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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. On Roosevelt's very first night in office, he directs his Secretary of the Treasury to draft an emergency banking bill. Who is the Secretary of Treasury?

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?

3. Which of the following groups breaks with Roosevelt at its convention in May 1935 and renounces the New Deal?

4. Toward the end of his term, Hoover orders a Senate investigation into the financial crisis. Which of the following men is chosen to lead this investigation?

5. When Roosevelt forms the Public Works Administration he appoints the Secretary of the Interior to run it. What was his name?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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"?

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. Describe the violent labor strikes that took place around the country in 1934.

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

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

6. Discuss the conflict between "wets" and "drys" during the 1932 campaign and the effect on the Democratic platform.

7. Explain the results of the Senate investigation ordered by Hoover toward the end of his term, led by Ferdinand Pecora.

8. Discuss the ways in which the Social Security Act of 1935 represented a new way of thinking in American history, as detailed in "One Third of a Nation."

9. Explain the financial chaos Roosevelt found himself faced with when he first took office in March, 1933.

10. In "The Politics of Hard Times," why was the Republican party sure to lose the 1932 election?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the policies of candidate Roosevelt with those of President Roosevelt. Include supporting information from the text and outside research as necessary.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the problems faced by Herbert Hoover and the Republican party in the 1932 Presidential election. Be sure to include supporting information and detail from the text.

Essay Topic 3

In a well-developed essay, explain and analyze the ways in which capitalism seems to have broken down during the Great Depression as discussed by Leuchtenburg. How did the basic theory of supply and demand stop functioning, and in what way did that contribute to the problem? Be sure to include supporting information from the text.

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