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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 describe Grover Cleveland's economic policies?
(a) Corporate capitalism.
(b) Mercantile.
(c) Socialist.
(d) Laissez-faire capitalism.

2. Who succeeded Woodrow Wilson as President of the United States?
(a) Warren G. Harding.
(b) William Howard Taft.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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

4. In which state was Abraham Lincoln raised?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Iowa.
(d) Virginia.

5. According to the Founders, power should be divided vertically between which two groups?
(a) The federal government and the states.
(b) The legislature and the judicial system.
(c) The military and the private sector.
(d) Congress and the President.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the Constitution based upon?

3. According to Hofstadter, why did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

4. Why did Wendell Phillips advocate secession from the South?

5. With what political party was Franklin Roosevelt associated?

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