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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 did Theodore Roosevelt believe the Spanish-American War would produce in the United States?
(a) A martial spirit and new political virtue.
(b) A sense of righteousness.
(c) The state of Texas.
(d) A boom to the economy.

2. Why did Wendell Phillips become estranged from William Lloyd Garrison?
(a) Phillips and Garrison argued over political philosophies.
(b) Phillips sued Garrison for slander.
(c) Garrison was too radical for Phillips.
(d) Garrison slandered Phillips in a New York newspaper.

3. Who won the presidential election in 1832?
(a) Henry Clay.
(b) Andrew Jackson.
(c) John C. Calhoun.
(d) John Floyd.

4. Why did Theodore Roosevelt enter politics?
(a) To restore virtue to political office.
(b) To improve his family's social status.
(c) To expand the territory of the United States.
(d) To gain money and fame.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Wendell Phillips view the culture of the South?

2. Who won the presidential election in 1828?

3. Why did Andrew Jackson want to close down the bank or force inflation?

4. Who succeeded Theodore Roosevelt as president?

5. With what movement is Wendell Phillips associated?

(see the answer key)

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