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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, John C. Calhoun: The Marx of the Master Class.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the Constitution based upon?
(a) Fragments of English political philosophy.
(b) Experience and observation.
(c) Greek and Roman political philosophy.
(d) European tradition mixed with revolutionary philosophy.

2. Why did Andrew Jackson want to close down the bank or force inflation?
(a) To allow for the privatization of banking.
(b) To reduce the debt burden on land speculators.
(c) To change the method of loan assumption.
(d) To create a new bank with his own investors.

3. What did the Southwesterners want Andrew Jackson to do?
(a) Create a private banking system.
(b) Run for president of the United States.
(c) Take Texas for the United States.
(d) Oppose the bank and force states to provide debt relief.

4. With what political party was Thomas Jefferson associated?
(a) The Democratic-Republicans.
(b) The Progressive Party.
(c) The Federalists.
(d) The Whigs.

5. From which ancient philosophers did the Founders draw ideas?
(a) Diogenes and Socrates.
(b) Plato and Socrates.
(c) Epicurus and Plato.
(d) Aristotle and Cicero.

Short Answer Questions

1. As president, which institution did Andrew Jackson allow to expire?

2. With whose political theory did Thomas Jefferson agree?

3. According to Hofstadter, how is Andrew Jackson often depicted?

4. Who won the presidential election in 1824?

5. What did the Founders design the Constitution to protect?

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