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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What country does the German army invade in June of 1941?
(a) Poland
(b) France
(c) Russia
(d) Hungary
2. Who was Eleanor's mother?
(a) Anna
(b) Ellen
(c) Tippy
(d) Louise
3. What is Franklin's physical condition?
(a) He is paralyzed from the waist down
(b) He has had a leg amputated
(c) He was born without a leg
(d) He is a quadraplegic
4. What became prevalent in America in 1941?
(a) Labor strikes
(b) New Deal jobs
(c) Prohibition
(d) Television
5. What unpopular law did Roosevelt need to reinstate during the Summer of 1940?
(a) A military draft
(b) More income taxes
(c) Civil Rights
(d) A war budget
6. What did Roosevelt call for in his State of the Union address in January of 1942?
(a) Massive military production
(b) Peace talks with Japan
(c) Gifts for the troops
(d) A renewed draft effort
7. What happened to change the nature of Eleanor and Franklin's marriage?
(a) He had an affair with her social secretary
(b) He never remembered their anniversary
(c) She fell in love with another man
(d) Franklin's mother broke up the marriage
8. Who was the U.S. Ambassador to England in 1941?
(a) Herbert Hoover
(b) Joseph P. Kennedy
(c) J. Edgar Hoover
(d) Winston Churchill
9. As part of his presidential campaign of 1940, what did Roosevelt do?
(a) Increased the number of fireside chats
(b) Toured the Southern states
(c) Dismissed Missy LeHand
(d) Visited defense plants
10. Why does the Civil Rights movement surge again at this time?
(a) Black voters are denied voter registration
(b) Black churches are burned in New York
(c) War plants would not hire black workers
(d) White schools will not enroll black children
11. Which important Roosevelt family member dies at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) Sara Roosevelt
(b) Teddy Roosevelt
(c) Eleanor Roosevelt
(d) Elliott Roosevelt
12. What is the problem occurring on American soil in May of 1940?
(a) The railroad system is failing
(b) Yankee Stadium is closed for repairs
(c) The labor unions are all threatening to strike
(d) The Great Depression is in its tenth year
13. At what major company did fights break out over unions?
(a) Ford Motor Company
(b) General Motors Company
(c) General Electric
(d) Westinghouse
14. What famous speech did Franklin make on December 8, 1941?
(a) The "Day of Infamy" speech
(b) The "Home is Where the Heart Is" speech
(c) The "Give 'em Hell" speech
(d) The "Time for Thanksgiving" speech
15. Who was Lorene Hickok?
(a) The Roosevelt children's governess
(b) Eleanor's social secretary
(c) A newswoman and close friend of Eleanor's
(d) Franklin's personal secretary
Short Answer Questions
1. Who arrives at the White House in December of 1941 and stays nearly a month?
2. What happened to Missy LeHand in June of 1941?
3. How often did Roosevelt deliver his fireside chats?
4. What is the name of the cottage built for Eleanor on the Hyde Park estate?
5. What did Roosevelt consider important during the pre-war period?
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