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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 Wendell Phillips place himself in danger?
(a) He was constantly followed by mobs.
(b) He argued publicly with slave auctioneers.
(c) He endorsed violent protests.
(d) He hid runaway slaves on his own property.

2. What concern did Northern laborers have about slavery?
(a) They could not compete with free labor.
(b) Slavery was morally wrong.
(c) They feared the rise of white slavery.
(d) An increase in slave states would drive the price of goods up.

3. Which politicians from Chapter 3 supported a National Bank?
(a) John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay.
(b) Andrew Jackson and William Crawford.
(c) John Quincy Adams and William Crawford.
(d) Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay.

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

5. According to John C. Calhoun, what was the safest way for blacks and whites to interact?
(a) In a competitive market.
(b) From different countries.
(c) As equals.
(d) Through slavery.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which state was Abraham Lincoln raised?

2. What position did John C. Calhoun hold in Andrew Jackson's cabinet?

3. According to John C. Calhoun, what created equality among white Americans?

4. Why did most members of the abolitionist movement have difficulty convincing people to support the end of slavery?

5. What type of lifestyle did Thomas Jefferson promote?

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