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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. Which of the following individuals is quoted in "The Roosevelt Reconstruction: Retrospect" as saying the New Deal was a revolutionary response to a revolutionary situation?

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

3. "An End to Isolation" states that by the end of 1940 America has worked out defense agreements with all but which of the South American nations?

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. Which of the following individuals laments in "Stalemate" that Thomas Jefferson would not have spoken to the Democrats?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Roosevelt get around the Congressional issues over the lease of destroyers to England in "An End to Isolation"?

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

3. Why, in spite of a sticky mid-term election season, did Roosevelt still consider the 1938 elections a success for his administration?

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

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

6. In the early part of 1938, why did Roosevelt seem to prefer allowing the economic gurus to argue around him rather than making any solid decisions about economic policy?

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

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

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

10. According to the beginning of "The Roosevelt Reconstruction: Retrospect" how have things changed in America between 1932 and 1936?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In a well-developed essay, cite and discuss three examples of instances where Eleanor Roosevelt influenced her husband's administration and arguably made his job easier. Be sure to defend your examples and to include supporting information from the text.

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 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.

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