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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through One Third of a Nation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Basil O'Connor.
(b) James Kieran.
(c) Raymond Moley.
(d) Samuel Rosenman.

2. After the election in November of 1932, during which month is Roosevelt inaugurated?
(a) January.
(b) March.
(c) February.
(d) December.

3. When asked why he kept a family going on credit, a Philadelphia storekeeper told a reporter that there were how many children in the family's house with no shoes?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 15.
(d) 11.

4. According to "Winter of Despair," which of the following words appears most frequently in the writings of New Deal theorists?
(a) Welfare.
(b) Labor.
(c) Power.
(d) Balance.

5. By the end of 1934, how much money has the government spent on relief for the unemployed?
(a) $2 billion.
(b) $7 million.
(c) $1.5 trillion.
(d) $62 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. By which of the following months in 1934 has Roosevelt grown tired of the new head of the Recovery Administration and secured that person's resignation?

2. 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?

3. When Roosevelt forms the Public Works Administration he appoints the Secretary of the Interior to run it. What was his name?

4. In "The Hundred Days' War" Ferdinand Pecora's Senate investigation into Wall Street reveals that twenty partners of House of Morgan have not paid income tax in how long?

5. As Roosevelt's inauguration approaches, he increasingly favors the ideas of which major economist?

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