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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. Who was responsible for organizing the League of Nations after World War I?
(a) Woodrow Wilson.
(b) Theodore Roosevelt.
(c) David Lloyd George.
(d) Winston Churchill.

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

3. Who succeeded Theodore Roosevelt as president?
(a) Rutherford B. Hayes.
(b) William McKinley.
(c) Benjamin Harrison.
(d) William Howard Taft.

4. Which act gave Abraham Lincoln the opportunity to use slavery as a political issue?
(a) The Writ Act.
(b) The Militia Act.
(c) The Kansas-Nebraska Act.
(d) The Emancipation Proclamation.

5. How did Andrew Jackson ensure that his policies would continue to be supported after he left office?
(a) By issuing long-term legislation.
(b) He had the heart of the American people.
(c) He placed key men in his sucessor's cabinet.
(d) By appointing five Supreme Court justices.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which economic system did Wendell Phillips oppose?

2. According to the Founders, what could use private vices to produce public benefits?

3. How did the Founders design ruling institutions?

4. How does Hofstadter view Grover Cleveland's presidency?

5. What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

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