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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Patrician as Opportunist.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Hofstadter, what type of politician was Abraham Lincoln?
(a) Liberal.
(b) Moderate conservative.
(c) Strong conservative.
(d) Progressive.

2. Which groups of people did the Southwesterners wish to give voting rights?
(a) Property owners.
(b) All soldiers.
(c) Non-white males.
(d) Non-property owners.

3. How did the Founders feel about democracy?
(a) It was the perfect method of protecting liberty.
(b) It was a limited method of protecting liberty.
(c) It was effective as long as the people believed in the nation.
(d) It would eventually dissolve into an oligarchy.

4. Who won the presidential election in 1916?
(a) William Howard Taft.
(b) Woodrow Wilson.
(c) Theodore Roosevelt.
(d) Warren G. Harding.

5. What reputation did Theodore Roosevelt acquire among big businesses?
(a) An economic supporter.
(b) A puppet.
(c) A trust buster.
(d) An ally.

Short Answer Questions

1. What form of oppression did Wendell Phillips condemn in the North?

2. How did Andrew Jackson view America's social order?

3. What concern did Abraham Lincoln have about secession?

4. According to John C. Calhoun, what created equality among white Americans?

5. Why did Theodore Roosevelt enter politics?

(see the answer key)

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