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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. How did Wendell Phillips view the culture of the South?
(a) As a playground for greedy capitalists.
(b) As a bourgeois, immoral society.
(c) As the bulwark of modern society.
(d) As a feudal civilization.

2. How does Hofstadter characterize American culture in the late nineteenth century?
(a) Rough, individualistic, and obsessed with material gain.
(b) Flourishing after one hundred years of capitalism.
(c) Refined, moral, and concerned with social appearances.
(d) Greedy, immoral, and obsessed with conquest.

3. Who was elected president of the United States in 1912?
(a) Woodrow Wilson.
(b) Henry Cabot Lodge.
(c) William Howard Taft.
(d) Theodore Roosevelt.

4. For which political party was Theodore Roosevelt the nominee in 1912?
(a) The Progressive Party.
(b) The Republican Party.
(c) The Democratic Party.
(d) The Libertarian Party.

5. How did Andrew Jackson ensure that his policies would continue to be supported after he left office?
(a) He had the heart of the American people.
(b) By appointing five Supreme Court justices.
(c) By issuing long-term legislation.
(d) He placed key men in his sucessor's cabinet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Wendell Phillips's main goal?

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

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

4. Who won the presidential election in 1824?

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

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