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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Winter of Despair.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By the time Roosevelt is inaugurated, how many states have closed their banks?
(a) 38.
(b) 23.
(c) 49.
(d) 14.

2. In which of the following cities does "Winter of Despair" say unpaid teachers faint in their classrooms due to lack of food?
(a) New York City.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Detroit.
(d) Chicago.

3. "Winter of Despair" mentions all but which of the following individuals as progressives who oppose deficit spending?
(a) Robert La Follette.
(b) Robert Wagner.
(c) Bernard Baruch.
(d) Fiorello La Guardia.

4. "Iron Age" reports during the summer of 1932 that steel plants are operating at what percent of their capacity?
(a) 74.
(b) 12.
(c) 98.
(d) 52.

5. During the 1932 Presidential primary race, which of the following candidates can not appear at the Democratic convention because of a run on his Chicago bank?
(a) John Nance Garner.
(b) William McAdoo.
(c) Melvin J. Traylor.
(d) J. Hamilton Lewis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following candidates has the powerful support of publisher William Randolph Hearst during the 1932 Presidential primary race?

2. According to the end of "The Politics of Hard Times," what is the final Electoral College tally by which Roosevelt defeats Hoover?

3. Which of the following individuals is a member of the "Brain Trust" and continues to serve as an adviser after the 1932 election, when that group disbands?

4. According to "Winter of Despair," U.S. Steel employed 225,000 full-time workers in 1929. How many employees are full time by April of 1933?

5. According to "Winter of Despair," on a single day in April 1932 an entire 1/4 of which state went up for auction?

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