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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 does Hofstadter describe John C. Calhoun's economic philosophies?
(a) Socialist.
(b) Mercantile.
(c) Corporate capitalism.
(d) Laissez-faire.

2. What were Thomas Jefferson's interests?
(a) Psycology and social behavior.
(b) Everything.
(c) Science and Medicine.
(d) Law and politics.

3. To which political leader does Hofstadter compare John C. Calhoun?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) John Adams.
(c) Karl Marx.
(d) Edmund Burke.

4. What office did Thomas Jefferson hold in Virginia?
(a) Secretary of Commerce.
(b) Secretary of the Treasury.
(c) Secretary of State.
(d) Governor.

5. Which late 19th century president does Hofstadter refer to as "dogmatic, obtuse, and insensitive?"
(a) Grover Cleveland.
(b) Ulysses S. Grant.
(c) Chester A. Arthur.
(d) James Garfield.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to John C. Calhoun, what created equality among white Americans?

2. Why did most members of the abolitionist movement have difficulty convincing people to support the end of slavery?

3. Which political party dominated the political arena after the Civil War?

4. How did Wendell Phillips view the Civil War?

5. According to Hofstadter, which person helped the abolitionist movement gain legitimacy?

(see the answer key)

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