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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whose political theory did Thomas Jefferson agree?
(a) Edmund Burke.
(b) Joseph Priestley.
(c) Thomas Paine.
(d) John Locke.

2. At what age did Abraham Lincoln become Speaker of the House in Illinois?
(a) 38.
(b) 21.
(c) 28.
(d) 32.

3. How did Thomas Jefferson feel about property rights?
(a) They were an unalienable right.
(b) They were to be dictated by the state government.
(c) They were to be dictated by the federal government.
(d) They were the key to a stable natural order.

4. What changes did Thomas Jefferson make in Virginia?
(a) Modest social reforms.
(b) He paved the way for emancipation in Virginia.
(c) Radical economic reforms.
(d) The Virginia legislature was divided into two branches.

5. How did John C. Calhoun believe the North was attempting to gain political control over new states?
(a) By outlawing slavery in new states.
(b) By building banks in the new states.
(c) By building railroads to the North.
(d) Through bribery and political coercion.

6. With what political party was Thomas Jefferson associated?
(a) The Democratic-Republicans.
(b) The Progressive Party.
(c) The Federalists.
(d) The Whigs.

7. How does Hofstadter describe John C. Calhoun's economic philosophies?
(a) Socialist.
(b) Corporate capitalism.
(c) Mercantile.
(d) Laissez-faire.

8. According to John C. Calhoun, what was the safest way for blacks and whites to interact?
(a) In a competitive market.
(b) Through slavery.
(c) As equals.
(d) From different countries.

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

10. With what class was Andrew Jackson associated?
(a) The aristocracy.
(b) The laborers.
(c) The middle class.
(d) The working class.

11. Which political theory is John C. Calhoun attributed with developing?
(a) Northern.
(b) American Socialist.
(c) Corporate capitalist.
(d) Confederate.

12. With what class were most of the Founders associated?
(a) The middle class.
(b) The aristocracy.
(c) The working class.
(d) Laborers.

13. What type of lifestyle did Thomas Jefferson promote?
(a) Industrial.
(b) Frontier.
(c) Mercantile.
(d) Agrarian.

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

15. How did Andrew Jackson view America's social order?
(a) As competitive and egalitarian.
(b) Stiffled by government regulation.
(c) As a blank page, ready to be illustrated.
(d) As chaotic and untamed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who won the presidential election in 1824?

2. With what movement is William Lloyd Garrison associated?

3. How many Southern states had seceded before Abraham Lincoln took office?

4. According to John C. Calhoun, what created equality among white Americans?

5. Which groups of people did the Southwesterners wish to give voting rights?

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