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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Theodore Roosevelt: The Conservative as Progressive.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which institution was responsible for loaning large sums of money in the 1820s?
(a) The Second Bank of the United States.
(b) The Bank of North America.
(c) The Bank of the Congress.
(d) The First Bank of the United States.

2. Why did Andrew Jackson want to close down the bank or force inflation?
(a) To allow for the privatization of banking.
(b) To reduce the debt burden on land speculators.
(c) To change the method of loan assumption.
(d) To create a new bank with his own investors.

3. What form of oppression did Wendell Phillips condemn in the North?
(a) Prostitution.
(b) Legalized slavery.
(c) Indentured servitude.
(d) Wage slavery.

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

5. How did Wendell Phillips view the culture of the North?
(a) As a feudal civilization.
(b) As a bourgeois but moral society.
(c) As the bulwark of modern society.
(d) As a playground for greedy capitalists.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who succeeded Theodore Roosevelt as president?

2. Who won the presidential election in 1832?

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

4. With what class was Andrew Jackson associated?

5. What role did Theodore Roosevelt wish for the United States to take on in the world?

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