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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Founders, which group of people should have the most say in the government?
(a) Men over the age of 21.
(b) The Congress.
(c) Land owners.
(d) Legislators.

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

3. What did John C. Calhoun wish to preserve?
(a) The Union.
(b) Slavery.
(c) The South.
(d) His wealth.

4. Why did Wendell Phillips become estranged from William Lloyd Garrison?
(a) Phillips and Garrison argued over political philosophies.
(b) Phillips sued Garrison for slander.
(c) Garrison slandered Phillips in a New York newspaper.
(d) Garrison was too radical for Phillips.

5. Who won the presidential election in 1824?
(a) John Quincy Adams.
(b) Henry Clay.
(c) Andrew Jackson.
(d) William Crawford.

6. Why did Wendell Phillips advocate secession from the South?
(a) To separate the Union from Southern immorality.
(b) To damage the Southern economy.
(c) To end the war.
(d) To prevent slavery from entering the North.

7. According to John C. Calhoun, what created equality among white Americans?
(a) The relocation of African-Americans.
(b) The submission of African-Americans.
(c) Universal education.
(d) Competition.

8. To which political leader does Hofstadter compare John C. Calhoun?
(a) Karl Marx.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Edmund Burke.
(d) John Adams.

9. From which ancient philosophers did the Founders draw ideas?
(a) Diogenes and Socrates.
(b) Aristotle and Cicero.
(c) Epicurus and Plato.
(d) Plato and Socrates.

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

11. Which movement advocated a philosophy of natural rights and human equality?
(a) The democratic movement.
(b) The progressive movement.
(c) The socialist movement.
(d) The abolitionist movement.

12. Which groups of people did the Southwesterners wish to give voting rights?
(a) All soldiers.
(b) Non-white males.
(c) Non-property owners.
(d) Property owners.

13. Who won the presidential election in 1828?
(a) Henry Clay.
(b) William Crawford.
(c) Andrew Jackson.
(d) John Quincy Adams.

14. What did the recolonization society want Abraham Lincoln to do?
(a) Present their program to Congress as an Act.
(b) Free the children of current slaves.
(c) Relocate slaves to Africa.
(d) Relocate slaves to Mexico.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Founders separate power at the Federal level?

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

3. With what movement is William Lloyd Garrison associated?

4. How did Wendell Phillips view the culture of the North?

5. What form of rivalry did the Founders wish to allow in their new country?

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