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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Roosevelt Reconstruction: Retrospect.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenancy Act is approved, it creates the Farm Security Administration to provide loans to farmers. In what year does this measure pass?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1934.

2. Which of the following individuals is a reporter who remarks that Roosevelt seems far more serene than European leaders in the beginning of "The New Deal at High Tide"?
(a) Edwin Markham.
(b) Roy Howard.
(c) Anne O'Hare McCormick.
(d) William Phillips.

3. "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.

4. In his 1937 bid to reorganize the Supreme Court, at what age does Roosevelt say justices should retire?
(a) 80.
(b) 70.
(c) 50.
(d) 60.

5. In which of the following cities does Roosevelt accept the Democratic nomination for President after the 1932 convention?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Portland.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) St. Louis.

Short Answer Questions

1. When discussing his time as Governor, Leuchtenburg says that Roosevelt accomplishes gains in all but which of the following areas?

2. After the 1936 farm law proves unworkable, Wallace resists attempts to deregulate production in the hopes of being like which of the following Old Testament characters?

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

4. In the spring of 1934, after the demise of the Civil Works Administration, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration helped how many students attend college?

5. Which of the following individuals notes in the opening of "Stalemate" that the Democratic party is hopelessly divided?

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