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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 concern did Abraham Lincoln have about secession?
(a) Its morality.
(b) The division of families.
(c) Its legality.
(d) The loss to the economy.

2. Why were the Founders hesitant to establish a new monarchy?
(a) A monarch rules in his own interests.
(b) One man could not run a country effectively.
(c) Too many different philosophies existed to choose one man.
(d) There was no royal bloodline from which to choose a King.

3. To which phrase in the Declaration of Independence did John C. Calhoun object?
(a) Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
(b) Endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.
(c) All men are created equal.
(d) The Laws of Nature and of Nature's God.

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

5. With what political party was Alexander Hamilton associated?
(a) The Whigs.
(b) The Democratic-Republicans.
(c) The Federalists.
(d) The Progressive Party.

Short Answer Questions

1. What political changes occurred during the Gilded Age?

2. What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

3. How did Thomas Jefferson secure freedom of religion in his home state?

4. What concern did Abraham Lincoln have about white laborers?

5. Which groups of people did the Southwesterners wish to give voting rights?

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