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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. What Depression-era event terrified social worker Eileen Barth?
(a) A union riot in Cleveland.
(b) A bomb threat at her office.
(c) A caseworker's murder.
(d) An assassination attemp on FDR.

2. Who does Billy Green credit with his success in business?
(a) Roosevelt.
(b) God.
(c) Himself.
(d) His father.

3. Who was the head of the red-baiting committee that investigated New Deal administrators in the 1930's?
(a) Joseph McCarthy.
(b) Stanley Fish.
(c) Martin Dies.
(d) C. Wright Patman.

4. What did the Chicago Worker's Alliance protect against?
(a) Relief fraud.
(b) Employer intimidation.
(c) Health violations.
(d) Evictions.

5. What does Emma Tiller say in her interview is as important as money?
(a) Faith.
(b) Work.
(c) Dignity.
(d) Companionship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What moment excited Wilbur Kane to the point of mocking his German neighbors?

2. In whose administration was David Kennedy the Secretary of the Treasury?

3. As he entered his later years, what term did Roosevelt use to describe himself among aides?

4. What accusation was made against Dr. Francis Townsend in his time?

5. What marked Long's second-in-command Gerald Smith regarding his speeches?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Christopher Lasch explain the possibility of a socialist revolt in the 1930's?

2. According to James Farley, how did Roosevelt alienate members of his own administration?

3. What role did Elsa Ponselle play in the forming of the Teacher's Union?

4. How did Neil Schaffner's theatre troupe have to change their business model after the Crash 1929?

5. How were the prisons affected by the Depression?

6. Describe the incident with the Iowa Judge in The Father Is the Man?

7. What humiliation did Ward James face seeking relief in the 1930's?

8. How did The Cradle Will Rock become a lightning rod of controversy?

9. What strange and dangerous episode regarding congressional testimony does C. Wright Patman make?

10. How does Alf Landon recall his 1936 campaign against Roosevelt in the book?

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