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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. How did John C. Calhoun believe the North was attempting to gain political control over new states?
(a) Through bribery and political coercion.
(b) By outlawing slavery in new states.
(c) By building banks in the new states.
(d) By building railroads to the North.

2. Which groups of people did the Southwesterners wish to give voting rights?
(a) Non-white males.
(b) All soldiers.
(c) Non-property owners.
(d) Property owners.

3. Why was John C. Calhoun forced to resign from Andrew Jackson's cabinet?
(a) He embezzled money from the U.S. Treasury.
(b) He slandered Jackson in a speech to the press.
(c) He voiced his opinion of slavery in public.
(d) He opposed Jackson's "Tariff of Abominations."

4. According to the Founders, what could use private vices to produce public benefits?
(a) The judicial system.
(b) Economic markets.
(c) Political platforms.
(d) Political parties.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What changes did Thomas Jefferson make in Virginia?

2. Which position did William Jennings Bryan serve in Woodrow Wilson's cabinet?

3. According to Hofstadter, which person helped the abolitionist movement gain legitimacy?

4. Which political theory is John C. Calhoun attributed with developing?

5. What did the Emancipation Proclamation not prohibit?

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