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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. How does Hofstadter view Grover Cleveland's presidency?
(a) He was the worst politician of the late 19th century.
(b) His economic theories were far beyond his time.
(c) He was the greatest politician of the late 19th century.
(d) He led the country to become a world power.

2. What type of balance were the Founders attempting to create?
(a) A nation that could run itself without dissolving into chaos.
(b) A government between monarchy and democracy.
(c) A peaceful, yet structured state.
(d) A document that supported both the people and their leaders.

3. What did the Founders believe about man?
(a) That he will succeed only when free.
(b) That he is inherently good.
(c) That he is evil and selfish.
(d) That he must be led to make moral and correct decisions.

4. What political changes occurred during the Gilded Age?
(a) The Supreme Court was formed.
(b) Politics became corrupt.
(c) Congress gained the power of veto.
(d) Socialist policies allowed more governmental control.

5. Which institution created by Alexander Hamilton did Thomas Jefferson allow to expire?
(a) The Congressional Congress.
(b) The Bank of North America.
(c) The First Bank of the United States.
(d) The Court of North America.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Theodore Roosevelt feel about America's entry into World War I?

2. How did Herbert Hoover first react to the stock market crash of 1929?

3. What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

4. Why did most members of the abolitionist movement have difficulty convincing people to support the end of slavery?

5. Which political party dominated the political arena after the Civil War?

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