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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. When the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenancy Act is approved, it creates the Farm Security Administration to provide loans to farmers. In what year does this measure pass?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. The National Industrial Recovery Act, which Roosevelt signs on June 16, 1933, provides how much in funding for public works?

5. On which of the following dates does the special session of Congress convene in "The Hundred Days' War"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what can be considered ironic about the speeches of Roosevelt and Hoover during the 1932 Presidential campaign.

2. What were the accomplishments of the Public Works Administration from 1933-1939?

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

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

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

6. 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."

7. 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?

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

9. Describe the state of the nation by the spring of 1934, as discussed in "Over the Top."

10. In "Over the Top," what problem did the Liberty League have with Roosevelt's administration?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the impact of the Rural Electrification Administration (REA) on the nation in 1935. How did this program change life for Americans? What does the REA have in common with the modern push to increase broadband internet access to rural areas? Include supporting information from the text and outside research if necessary.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss two major components of America's isolationist attitude in the mid-1930s. Present the reason and logic behind this attitude and be sure to include supporting information from the text.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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