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

2. How did Wendell Phillips view the Civil War?
(a) As a struggle between a bourgeois and a feudal civilization.
(b) With disdain.
(c) As an evil necessity.
(d) As the last hope to end slavery in the United States.

3. Who won the presidential election in 1824?
(a) John Quincy Adams.
(b) Henry Clay.
(c) Andrew Jackson.
(d) William Crawford.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the economic result of Grover Cleveland's insistence on keeping the gold standard?

2. With what famous military victory is Andrew Jackson associated?

3. How did Andrew Jackson acquire massive debts?

4. Which state did Andrew Jackson threaten to conquer in Chapter 4?

5. To which phrase in the Declaration of Independence did John C. Calhoun object?

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