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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 Andrew Jackson acquire massive debts?
(a) Through land speculation.
(b) Through wasteful living.
(c) By gambling.
(d) By funding unsucessful military campaigns.

2. Which movement did not approve of Grover Cleveland's policies?
(a) The abolitionist movement.
(b) The socialist movement.
(c) The democratic movement.
(d) The populist movement.

3. To which phrase in the Declaration of Independence did John C. Calhoun object?
(a) Endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.
(b) All men are created equal.
(c) Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
(d) The Laws of Nature and of Nature's God.

4. Which political party dominated the political arena after the Civil War?
(a) The Republican Party.
(b) The Progressive Party.
(c) The Libertarian Party.
(d) The Democratic Party.

5. Which institution was responsible for loaning large sums of money in the 1820s?
(a) The Bank of the Congress.
(b) The First Bank of the United States.
(c) The Bank of North America.
(d) The Second Bank of the United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to John C. Calhoun, what was the safest way for blacks and whites to interact?

2. How did Wendell Phillips place himself in danger?

3. What did John C. Calhoun wish to preserve?

4. How did John C. Calhoun believe the North was oppressing the South?

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

(see the answer key)

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