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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. According to John C. Calhoun, what created equality among white Americans?
(a) The submission of African-Americans.
(b) Universal education.
(c) Competition.
(d) The relocation of African-Americans.

2. How did the Founders feel about democracy?
(a) It was the perfect method of protecting liberty.
(b) It would eventually dissolve into an oligarchy.
(c) It was a limited method of protecting liberty.
(d) It was effective as long as the people believed in the nation.

3. Which state did Andrew Jackson threaten to conquer in Chapter 4?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Kentucky.

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

5. How does Hofstadter describe Thomas Jefferson's foreign policy?
(a) Defensive.
(b) High Representative.
(c) Liberal.
(d) Non-interventionist.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Hofstadter, what main problem did free slaves face?

2. What did Wendell Phillips want to prevent people from becoming?

3. What did the Emancipation Proclamation not prohibit?

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

5. What did John C. Calhoun believe capitalism would produce?

(see the answer key)

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