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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Wendell Phillips: the Patrician as Agitator.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what movement is Wendell Phillips associated?
(a) The progressive movement.
(b) The socialist movement.
(c) The democratic movement.
(d) The abolitionist movement.

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

3. According to Hofstadter, which person helped the abolitionist movement gain legitimacy?
(a) Wendell Phillips.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) John C. Calhoun.
(d) William Lloyd Garrison.

4. What position did John C. Calhoun hold in Andrew Jackson's cabinet?
(a) Secretary of War.
(b) Vice-president.
(c) Attorney General.
(d) Secretary of State.

5. What did the industrial lifestyles in Britain and France produce?
(a) A climate of social dissoultion.
(b) A climate of social change and development.
(c) An equal distribution of wealth among the workers.
(d) Massive amounts of wealth for a few people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which movement advocated a philosophy of natural rights and human equality?

2. How did Wendell Phillips view the culture of the North?

3. Why did Andrew Jackson want to close down the bank or force inflation?

4. With what political party was Alexander Hamilton associated?

5. With what famous military victory is Andrew Jackson associated?

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