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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. Which group of Americans did Thomas Jefferson distrust the most?
(a) Farmers.
(b) Laborers.
(c) Merchants.
(d) Elected leaders.

2. Where did the recolonization society want to send African-Americans?
(a) Kenya.
(b) Ethiopia.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Liberia.

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

4. What form of rivalry did the Founders wish to allow in their new country?
(a) Competition.
(b) Interstate rivalries.
(c) Land acquisition.
(d) Class change.

5. According to Hofstadter, which person helped the abolitionist movement gain legitimacy?
(a) William Lloyd Garrison.
(b) Wendell Phillips.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) John C. Calhoun.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which politicians from Chapter 3 supported a National Bank?

2. What did the supporters of the free silver movement wish for the government to do?

3. How did Wendell Phillips view the culture of the South?

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

5. What problem did deflation cause during the Gilded Age?

(see the answer key)

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