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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Wendell Phillips: the Patrician as Agitator.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the Founders separate power at the Federal level?
(a) Between the members of the Presidential Cabinet.
(b) Between presidents, legislators, and judges.
(c) Between Congress and the President.
(d) Between the Pentagon, the Congress, and the President.

2. How did Wendell Phillips view the culture of the South?
(a) As a bourgeois, immoral society.
(b) As a feudal civilization.
(c) As a playground for greedy capitalists.
(d) As the bulwark of modern society.

3. What position did John C. Calhoun hold in South Carolina?
(a) Governor.
(b) Senator.
(c) Representative.
(d) Secretary of State.

4. Which act gave Abraham Lincoln the opportunity to use slavery as a political issue?
(a) The Kansas-Nebraska Act.
(b) The Writ Act.
(c) The Militia Act.
(d) The Emancipation Proclamation.

5. According to the Founders, which group of people should have the most say in the government?
(a) The Congress.
(b) Legislators.
(c) Land owners.
(d) Men over the age of 21.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the Founders believe about man?

3. Which institution was responsible for loaning large sums of money in the 1820s?

4. At what age did Abraham Lincoln become Speaker of the House in Illinois?

5. What were Thomas Jefferson's interests?

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