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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. Between September and December of 1937, how many people are laid off when the economy suddenly cracks?
2. 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?
3. Which of the following individuals is a publisher who asks Roosevelt for a "breathing spell" at the close of the 1935 Congressional session?
4. After the International Economic Conference in London in 1933, Roosevelt notes that which major economist had been "magnificently right"?
5. What is the name of the secret terror group discovered in 1936 in Detroit during a routine police investigation?
Short Essay Questions
1. What effect does Germany's success in Europe in the spring of 1940 have on Americans?
2. Why, in spite of a sticky mid-term election season, did Roosevelt still consider the 1938 elections a success for his administration?
3. Explain the Neutrality Act signed by Congress in 1935 and what it was intended to accomplish.
4. 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?
5. How does Roosevelt get around the Congressional issues over the lease of destroyers to England in "An End to Isolation"?
6. In February of 1937, why did Roosevelt set out to reorganize the Supreme Court?
7. Explain the creation of and the focus of the House Committee on Un-American Activities when it was created in 1938.
8. What is the purpose of the Temporary National Economic Committee, created in 1938?
9. Who opposed Roosevelt in the 1936 election, and how did he hope to win?
10. Explain the event toward the end of "A Farewell to Arms" that convinces some Americans that neutrality is not possible.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the three major schools of thought about the recession at the end of 1937 as discussed in "A Sea of Troubles." Include supporting information from the text and outside research if 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
Compare and contrast America's isolationist attitude prior to the German invasion in Europe with America's views and attitudes after the Germans begin moving through Europe. Be sure to include supporting information from the text.
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