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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Woodrow Wilson: The Conservative as Liberal.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the business barons of the Gilded Age justify their wealth?
(a) They had earned it.
(b) There had always been wealthy men in society.
(c) Wealth is a natural product of a healthy society.
(d) They had not broken any laws.

2. Who won the presidential election in 1828?
(a) William Crawford.
(b) John Quincy Adams.
(c) Andrew Jackson.
(d) Henry Clay.

3. What concern did Abraham Lincoln have about white laborers?
(a) Poor working conditions.
(b) They would revolt.
(c) They could not compete with slave labor.
(d) They would leave for Canada.

4. What did John C. Calhoun wish to preserve?
(a) The Union.
(b) Slavery.
(c) The South.
(d) His wealth.

5. Where did Thomas Jefferson believe most of the government's power should lie?
(a) With the people.
(b) With merchants.
(c) With industry owners.
(d) With the elected leaders.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Woodrow Wilson train to be a politician?

2. Why did Wendell Phillips advocate secession from the South?

3. What did the Founders believe about man?

4. According to Hofstadter, what type of politician was Abraham Lincoln?

5. From which ancient philosophers did the Founders draw ideas?

(see the answer key)

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