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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, The Spoilsmen: An Age of Cynicism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the business barons of the Gilded Age justify their wealth?
(a) They had not broken any laws.
(b) There had always been wealthy men in society.
(c) They had earned it.
(d) Wealth is a natural product of a healthy society.

2. How did Thomas Jefferson secure freedom of religion in his home state?
(a) By implementing the Freedom of Religion Act.
(b) Through reform legislature.
(c) By disestablishing the Anglican Church.
(d) By organizing non-violent protests.

3. What practice among Northern factories did John C. Calhoun condemn?
(a) The employment of women.
(b) Labor unions.
(c) Wage slavery.
(d) Overtime.

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

5. According to Hofstadter, which person helped the abolitionist movement gain legitimacy?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) John C. Calhoun.
(c) William Lloyd Garrison.
(d) Wendell Phillips.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which groups of people did the Southwesterners wish to give voting rights?

2. How did John C. Calhoun believe the North was attempting to gain political control over new states?

3. Which economic system did Wendell Phillips oppose?

4. What did the Southwesterners want Andrew Jackson to do?

5. What type of lifestyle did Thomas Jefferson promote?

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