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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 what movement is Wendell Phillips associated?
(a) The progressive movement.
(b) The abolitionist movement.
(c) The socialist movement.
(d) The democratic movement.

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

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

4. Which movement advocated a philosophy of natural rights and human equality?
(a) The progressive movement.
(b) The democratic movement.
(c) The abolitionist movement.
(d) The socialist movement.

5. Why did Wendell Phillips become estranged from William Lloyd Garrison?
(a) Garrison was too radical for Phillips.
(b) Phillips sued Garrison for slander.
(c) Garrison slandered Phillips in a New York newspaper.
(d) Phillips and Garrison argued over political philosophies.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Abraham Lincoln initially plan for the war to last?

2. To what does Hofstadter attribute the failure of John C. Calhoun's political career?

3. Which state did Andrew Jackson threaten to conquer in Chapter 4?

4. Why did Wendell Phillips advocate secession from the South?

5. Why did Andrew Jackson want to close down the bank or force inflation?

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