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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Thomas Jefferson: the Aristocrat as Democrat.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of lifestyle did Thomas Jefferson promote?
(a) Frontier.
(b) Industrial.
(c) Mercantile.
(d) Agrarian.

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

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

4. How did Thomas Jefferson feel about property rights?
(a) They were an unalienable right.
(b) They were to be dictated by the federal government.
(c) They were to be dictated by the state government.
(d) They were the key to a stable natural order.

5. How did the Founders plan for legislature to be processed?
(a) Through elected officials.
(b) Through democratic inputs.
(c) Through fair representation.
(d) By experienced men.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what political party was Alexander Hamilton associated?

2. Why does Hofstadter consider Thomas Jefferson to be an important figure in American history?

3. Where did Thomas Jefferson believe most of the government's power should lie?

4. What did the Founders design the Constitution to protect?

5. What did the industrial lifestyles in Britain and France produce?

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