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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. With whose political theory did Thomas Jefferson agree?
(a) Thomas Paine.
(b) Edmund Burke.
(c) John Locke.
(d) Joseph Priestley.

2. With what political party was Thomas Jefferson associated?
(a) The Democratic-Republicans.
(b) The Progressive Party.
(c) The Whigs.
(d) The Federalists.

3. Where did the recolonization society want to send African-Americans?
(a) Ethiopia.
(b) Liberia.
(c) Kenya.
(d) Mexico.

4. How did Andrew Jackson ensure that his policies would continue to be supported after he left office?
(a) By issuing long-term legislation.
(b) He had the heart of the American people.
(c) He placed key men in his sucessor's cabinet.
(d) By appointing five Supreme Court justices.

5. Which group of Americans did Thomas Jefferson believe should have the most voting power?
(a) Industry owners.
(b) Farmers and land owners.
(c) Merchants.
(d) Laborers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who won the presidential election in 1828?

2. What lifestyle did Thomas Jefferson abhor?

3. To which phrase in the Declaration of Independence did John C. Calhoun object?

4. In which state was Abraham Lincoln raised?

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

(see the answer key)

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