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

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

3. What office did Thomas Jefferson hold in Virginia?
(a) Governor.
(b) Secretary of State.
(c) Secretary of Commerce.
(d) Secretary of the Treasury.

4. How did Andrew Jackson acquire massive debts?
(a) Through land speculation.
(b) Through wasteful living.
(c) By gambling.
(d) By funding unsucessful military campaigns.

5. What type of politician was Thomas Jefferson?
(a) Progressive.
(b) Conservative.
(c) Liberal.
(d) Moderate.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Andrew Jackson ensure that his policies would continue to be supported after he left office?

2. According to John C. Calhoun, what was the safest way for blacks and whites to interact?

3. What did the Emancipation Proclamation not prohibit?

4. What economic changes occurred during the Gilded Age?

5. What did the industrial lifestyles in Britain and France produce?

(see the answer key)

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