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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. On the American frontier, how was social hierarchy gained?
(a) Through military and financial success.
(b) Through family connections and marriage.
(c) Through invention and industry.
(d) Through political power.

2. How did Andrew Jackson view America's social order?
(a) As chaotic and untamed.
(b) As competitive and egalitarian.
(c) As a blank page, ready to be illustrated.
(d) Stiffled by government regulation.

3. 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 was resigned to the inevitability of war.
(d) He strongly supported American entry into the war.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Hofstadter, how is Andrew Jackson often depicted?

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

3. Which politicians from Chapter 3 supported a National Bank?

4. Which institution was responsible for loaning large sums of money in the 1820s?

5. How did Wendell Phillips view the Civil War?

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