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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What lifestyle did Thomas Jefferson abhor?
(a) Agrarian.
(b) Mercantile.
(c) Industrial.
(d) Frontier.

2. How did John C. Calhoun believe the North was oppressing the South?
(a) With blockades.
(b) With high tariffs.
(c) With increased federal taxes.
(d) By refusing to build railroads.

3. Where did the recolonization society want to send African-Americans?
(a) Kenya.
(b) Ethiopia.
(c) Liberia.
(d) Mexico.

4. Who were the Southwesterners?
(a) A group of investors led by Andrew Jackson.
(b) One of Andrew Jackson's military regiments
(c) A group of politicians from Kentucky and Tennessee
(d) Andrew Jackson's constituents from Kentucky and Tennessee.

5. How does Hofstadter describe abolitionism?
(a) As a political sinkhole.
(b) As the beginning of humanism.
(c) As an economic plan.
(d) As a moral fervor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the recolonization society want Abraham Lincoln to do?

2. Why did most members of the abolitionist movement have difficulty convincing people to support the end of slavery?

3. How did Andrew Jackson acquire massive debts?

4. According to Hofstadter, which person helped the abolitionist movement gain legitimacy?

5. How does Hofstadter describe Thomas Jefferson's foreign policy?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Andrew Jackson ensure that his policies would be enforced long after he left office?

2. Describe Abraham Lincoln.

3. How did the Founders plan to meet the needs of differing classes and interests?

4. What other form of oppression did Wendell Phillips seek to undermine besides slavery?

5. What was abolitionism?

6. Why does Hofstadter compare John C. Calhoun to Karl Marx?

7. Which citizens did the Founders originally intend to give the most power and why?

8. Why did the Populists see the Bank of America as an undemocratic institution?

9. What interests did Thomas Jefferson's political party seek to protect?

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

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