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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. What concern did Northern laborers have about slavery?
(a) They could not compete with free labor.
(b) Slavery was morally wrong.
(c) They feared the rise of white slavery.
(d) An increase in slave states would drive the price of goods up.

2. How did Woodrow Wilson view politics?
(a) As a means to bring about the Kingdom of God on earth.
(b) As a means of social promotion.
(c) As a platform to restore virtue to the country.
(d) As the easiest manner in which a man could earn a living.

3. What practice among Northern factories did John C. Calhoun condemn?
(a) Overtime.
(b) Labor unions.
(c) The employment of women.
(d) Wage slavery.

4. What were some of Theodore Roosevelt's favorite pastimes?
(a) Riding, hiking, and exploring the wilderness.
(b) Gambling and drinking.
(c) Hunting, politics, oratory, and war.
(d) Dancing, reading and debate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did John C. Calhoun wish to preserve?

2. How did Thomas Jefferson feel about property rights?

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

4. To which politician does Hofstadter compare Woodrow Wilson?

5. Which institution created by Alexander Hamilton did Thomas Jefferson allow to expire?

(see the answer key)

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