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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. After the 1932 election, Roosevelt's Brain Trust argues that the market theories of which major economist have vanished forever?
(a) Adam Smith.
(b) Alfred Marshall.
(c) John Maynard Keynes.
(d) John Stuart Mill.
2. During the 1936 campaign, how much money do labor unions contribute to Roosevelt under the leadership of Republican John L. Lewis?
(a) $770,000.
(b) $560,000.
(c) $140,000.
(d) $320,000.
3. 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?
(a) Huey Long.
(b) William Randolph Hearst.
(c) Father Coughlin.
(d) Will Rogers.
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"?
(a) George Harrison.
(b) Cordell Hull.
(c) David Reay.
(d) William Borah.
5. How many deutsche marks are Jews in Germany fined by the Nazis after a young Polish Jew murders the third secretary of the German Embassy in Paris in November of 1938.
(a) 6 thousand.
(b) 4 billion.
(c) 500 thousand.
(d) 1 billion.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following individuals is called the "father of soil conservation" and is appointed to head the Soil Erosion Service in October of 1933?
2. Shortly after his January 1938 State of the Union Address Roosevelt meets with the head of U.S. Steel. What was his name?
3. 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?
4. During the summer of 1933 farmers uproot their cotton crop to prevent over-saturation of the market. How much do farmers collect for plowing up 10 million acres of cotton?
5. The National Industrial Recovery Act, which Roosevelt signs on June 16, 1933, provides how much in funding for public works?
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