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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Fascist Challenge.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1934, Secretary Wallace is extremely relieved when he is able to slacken crop restriction due to which of the following natural disasters?
(a) Flood.
(b) Fire.
(c) Drought.
(d) Tornado.

2. After the International Economic Conference in London in 1933, Roosevelt notes that which major economist had been "magnificently right"?
(a) Alfred Marshall.
(b) John Stuart Mill.
(c) Adam Smith.
(d) John Maynard Keynes.

3. Leuchtenburg states in "The Fascist Challenge" that in September 1938 tension is building in all but which of the following cities?
(a) Bagdad.
(b) Paris.
(c) Rome.
(d) London.

4. How many people tuned in to their radios on March 12, 1933, to hear the first of Roosevelt's famous Fireside Chats?
(a) 60 million.
(b) 5 million.
(c) 100 thousand.
(d) 20 thousand.

5. Which of the following individuals is chairman of the House Committee on Un-American Activities when it is created in 1938?
(a) Noah Mason.
(b) James A. Farley.
(c) Frank Murpy.
(d) Martin Dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. When, in early 1935, Roosevelt urges Congress to approve entry into the World Court, he does not count on the outcry raised by all but which of the following?

2. In response to Roosevelt's 1937 attempt to reorganize the Supreme Court, which of the following justices retires?

3. In 1938, which of the following individuals wages a white-supremacy campaign in his home state of South Carolina to the disgust of Roosevelt and the New Dealers?

4. As "A Farewell to Arms" opens, which of the following Senators states that the League of Nations is "nothing more than a cog in the military machine of Europe"?

5. When discussing Roosevelt's personality, which of the following individuals is the Under Secretary of State and says the President seems to have multiple personalities?

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