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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, William Jennings Bryan: The Democrat as Revivalist.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Southwesterners want Andrew Jackson to do?
(a) Oppose the bank and force states to provide debt relief.
(b) Take Texas for the United States.
(c) Create a private banking system.
(d) Run for president of the United States.

2. What did the recolonization society want Abraham Lincoln to do?
(a) Present their program to Congress as an Act.
(b) Relocate slaves to Mexico.
(c) Relocate slaves to Africa.
(d) Free the children of current slaves.

3. What did the Founders design the Constitution to protect?
(a) Freedom from interference.
(b) The government from the people.
(c) The laws of the nation.
(d) The nation from outside forces.

4. How did Wendell Phillips view the Civil War?
(a) As a struggle between a bourgeois and a feudal civilization.
(b) As the last hope to end slavery in the United States.
(c) As an evil necessity.
(d) With disdain.

5. What did John C. Calhoun believe capitalism would produce?
(a) Political power.
(b) Exploitation of the poor.
(c) Survival of the fittest.
(d) A stronger economy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of lifestyle did Thomas Jefferson promote?

2. Why does Hofstadter consider Thomas Jefferson to be an important figure in American history?

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

4. What position did John C. Calhoun hold in James Monroe's cabinet?

5. How does Hofstadter view Grover Cleveland's presidency?

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