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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 was the Emancipation Proclamation?
(a) An amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
(b) A speech about the state of the Union economy.
(c) The document that freed all slaves in the United States.
(d) The document that outlawed slavery in the Confederate States.

2. What concern did Abraham Lincoln have about white laborers?
(a) Poor working conditions.
(b) They would leave for Canada.
(c) They could not compete with slave labor.
(d) They would revolt.

3. How does Hofstadter describe Andrew Jackson's economic policies?
(a) Corporate capitalism.
(b) Laissez-faire.
(c) Socialist.
(d) Mercantile.

4. With what movement is William Lloyd Garrison associated?
(a) The socialist movement.
(b) The progressive movement.
(c) The abolitionist movement.
(d) The democratic movement.

5. Which state did Andrew Jackson threaten to conquer in Chapter 4?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Georgia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did John C. Calhoun believe the North was attempting to gain political control over new states?

2. What concern did Abraham Lincoln have about secession?

3. What lifestyle did Thomas Jefferson abhor?

4. As president, which institution did Andrew Jackson allow to expire?

5. Why were the Founders willing to let selfish men follow their own interests?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Abraham Lincoln initiate war without ordering the Union Army to attack?

2. Why did Wendell Phillips criticize capitalism?

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

4. How did Andrew Jackson destroy the Bank of America?

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

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

7. What is an agrarian lifestyle?

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

9. Why did some free states in the West not want freed slaves residing in their states?

10. How did Thomas Jefferson's foreign policies affect his career?

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