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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Germany makes its move in 1940, how long does it take for the Nazis to drive British troops out of France?
(a) 6 hours.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 3 weeks.

2. Shortly after his January 1938 State of the Union Address Roosevelt meets with the head of U.S. Steel. What was his name?
(a) Myron Taylor.
(b) Arthur Salter.
(c) Robert Jackson.
(d) Leon Henderson.

3. On Memorial Day in 1937, in which of the following cities do police kill ten strikers at a steel plant?
(a) Des Moines.
(b) Denver.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Houston.

4. At the close of "The Roosevelt Reconstruction: Retrospect," which of the following individuals states "we have left Egypt but have not yet arrived at the Promised Land"?
(a) Elbert Thomas.
(b) Eleanor Roosevelt.
(c) Donald Richberg.
(d) Henry Wallace.

5. In May 1934 the US signs a treaty that abolishes the Platt Amendment with which of the following countries?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Chile.
(d) Russia.

6. Which of the following individuals proposes the non-recognition solution to Manchuria in January 1932?
(a) George Messersmith.
(b) Henry Stimson.
(c) Frederick L. Schuman.
(d) William Dodd.

7. How long does it take for the Senate to approve the Neutrality Act signed on August 31, 1935?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 25 minutes.
(c) 6 days.
(d) 24 hours.

8. In "The Roosevelt Reconstruction: Retrospect" which of the following composers cancels a Pittsburgh performance because the theater owners are violating a union contract?
(a) Leopold Stokowski.
(b) Oleg Caetani.
(c) Richard Strauss.
(d) Aaron Copeland.

9. When discussing how to justify Roosevelt's war policy to the American people, General Marshall points out that the US has only how many planes available?
(a) 160.
(b) 102.
(c) 350.
(d) 75.

10. On December 12, 1937, Japanese war planes bomb which of the following US naval vessels anchored in the Yangtse harbor?
(a) U.S.S. Kete.
(b) U.S.S. Cisco.
(c) U.S.S. Grayling.
(d) U.S.S. Panay.

11. Which of the following individuals is Roosevelt's Secretary of State who tries to lower trade barriers in "A Farewell to Arms"?
(a) Cordell Hull.
(b) William Borah.
(c) David Reay.
(d) George Harrison.

12. On October 11, 1938, Roosevelt announced a build up for how much to American armaments, a response to a speech by Hitler?
(a) $250 million.
(b) $300 million.
(c) $600 billion.
(d) $500 thousand.

13. Which of the following individuals is quoted in "The Roosevelt Reconstruction: Retrospect" as saying the New Deal was a revolutionary response to a revolutionary situation?
(a) Raymond Moley.
(b) Walter Pierce.
(c) Ferdinand Lundberg.
(d) Carl Degler.

14. In April 1939, Roosevelt makes one last attempt to avert war by asking Hitler and Mussolini to agree not to attack how many nations, listed by name?
(a) 31.
(b) 49.
(c) 16.
(d) 8.

15. 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?
(a) Mark.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Luke.
(d) John.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following individuals proposes a federal wages and hours law in May 1937?

2. During the review of Roosevelt's Presidency, Leuchtenburg notes that how many trees were planted as a windbreak under Roosevelt?

3. In September of 1935, which of Roosevelt's political critics is shot and killed by Dr. Carl Austin Weiss?

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. Which of the following individuals--a former Roosevelt supporter--indicates toward the end of "Stalemate" that he doesn't really want anything further to do with the President?

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