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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Patrician as Opportunist.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were some of Theodore Roosevelt's favorite pastimes?
(a) Gambling and drinking.
(b) Riding, hiking, and exploring the wilderness.
(c) Dancing, reading and debate.
(d) Hunting, politics, oratory, and war.

2. With what social class was Franklin Roosevelt associated?
(a) The wealthy New York elite.
(b) The common laborer.
(c) The middle class.
(d) The working class.

3. What philosophy did John C. Calhoun have about African-Americans?
(a) They wanted someone to take care of them.
(b) They were naturally inferior to Anglo-Saxons.
(c) They were naturally wild and dangerous.
(d) They were capable of great deception.

4. According to Hofstadter, why did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
(a) Because slavery was immoral.
(b) Slave labor was driving the price of goods up.
(c) To undermine the economy of the South.
(d) He feared the rise of white slavery.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As president, which institution did Andrew Jackson allow to expire?

2. According to Hofstadter, which politician represented the interests of those who survived Reconstruction in the South?

3. For which political party was Theodore Roosevelt the nominee in 1912?

4. Which organization was credited for preserving European economies after World War I?

5. Who succeeded Theodore Roosevelt as president?

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