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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. How does Hofstadter view Franklin Roosevelt?
(a) As one of the most important personalities in history.
(b) His philosophies shaped many foundational American ideals.
(c) He was an average man endowed with natual charisma.
(d) His foreign policies saved the nation.

2. How did Theodore Roosevelt feel about America's entry into World War I?
(a) He strongly opposed American intervention in the war.
(b) He was ambivelent about foreign affairs.
(c) He strongly supported American entry into the war.
(d) He was resigned to the inevitability of war.

3. What political changes occurred during the Gilded Age?
(a) The Supreme Court was formed.
(b) Congress gained the power of veto.
(c) Politics became corrupt.
(d) Socialist policies allowed more governmental control.

4. What did Herbert Hoover study while in school?
(a) Science and medicine.
(b) Engineering and geology.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Law.

5. Which country did Woodrow Wilson support at the onset of World War I?
(a) Italy.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Great Britain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who won the presidential election in 1916?

2. Which country did Franklin Roosevelt assist at the beginning of World War II?

3. What famous treaty was created at the end of World War I?

4. Why did Theodore Roosevelt enter politics?

5. How did the business barons of the Gilded Age justify their wealth?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Herbert Hoover rise to power?

2. How did Woodrow Wilson rise to power?

3. How did Grover Cleveland's administration impact the economy of the United States?

4. What was The New Deal?

5. Describe William Jennings Bryan.

6. What was the "Gilded Age"?

7. Why did Theodore Roosevelt enter politics?

8. Why did William Jennings Bryan resign as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of War?

9. How did the Great Depression affect Herbert Hoover's career?

10. Describe Theodore Roosevelt.

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