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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Woodrow Wilson: The Conservative as Liberal.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why were the Founders willing to let selfish men follow their own interests?
(a) They did not want to control behavior with the government.
(b) They did not want to control the law.
(c) They thought man was inherently good.
(d) They understood the nature of man.

3. Who succeeded Woodrow Wilson as President of the United States?
(a) Warren G. Harding.
(b) William Howard Taft.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) Franklin D. Roosevelt.

4. According to Hofstadter, how is Andrew Jackson often depicted?
(a) As an arrogant aristocrat.
(b) As an opponent of aristocratic privilege.
(c) As one of the most influential men in history.
(d) As an aggressive proponent for military conquest.

5. Which country did Woodrow Wilson support at the onset of World War I?
(a) Great Britain.
(b) Italy.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position did John C. Calhoun hold in James Monroe's cabinet?

2. How did Wendell Phillips view the culture of the North?

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

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

5. According to Hofstadter, why did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

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