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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Abraham Lincoln and the Self-Made Myth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hofstadter describe Thomas Jefferson's foreign policy?
(a) High Representative.
(b) Liberal.
(c) Defensive.
(d) Non-interventionist.

2. What type of politician was Thomas Jefferson?
(a) Progressive.
(b) Liberal.
(c) Conservative.
(d) Moderate.

3. To which phrase in the Declaration of Independence did John C. Calhoun object?
(a) Endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.
(b) The Laws of Nature and of Nature's God.
(c) All men are created equal.
(d) Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

4. Which act gave Abraham Lincoln the opportunity to use slavery as a political issue?
(a) The Kansas-Nebraska Act.
(b) The Emancipation Proclamation.
(c) The Militia Act.
(d) The Writ Act.

5. How did the Founders design ruling institutions?
(a) To fit man's natural inclinations.
(b) According to tradition.
(c) Based on the model of the Roman Empire.
(d) According to the natural order.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position did John C. Calhoun hold in Andrew Jackson's cabinet?

2. In which state was Abraham Lincoln raised?

3. How long did Abraham Lincoln initially plan for the war to last?

4. How did the Founders feel about democracy?

5. How did John C. Calhoun believe the North was oppressing the South?

(see the answer key)

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