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

2. Why did Wendell Phillips advocate secession from the South?
(a) To damage the Southern economy.
(b) To end the war.
(c) To prevent slavery from entering the North.
(d) To separate the Union from Southern immorality.

3. With what class was Andrew Jackson associated?
(a) The working class.
(b) The middle class.
(c) The aristocracy.
(d) The laborers.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Theodore Roosevelt oppose the League of Nations?

2. Who was elected president of the United States in 1912?

3. Why did Wendell Phillips become estranged from William Lloyd Garrison?

4. What did Theodore Roosevelt believe the Spanish-American War would produce in the United States?

5. How does Hofstadter describe Wendell Phillips's political affiliation?

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