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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which institution was responsible for loaning large sums of money in the 1820s?
(a) The Bank of the Congress.
(b) The Second Bank of the United States.
(c) The First Bank of the United States.
(d) The Bank of North America.

3. With what famous military victory is Andrew Jackson associated?
(a) The Battle of Copenhagen.
(b) The Battle of New Orleans.
(c) The Battle of Waterloo.
(d) The Alamo.

4. According to the Founders, what could use private vices to produce public benefits?
(a) The judicial system.
(b) Political parties.
(c) Economic markets.
(d) Political platforms.

5. What did John C. Calhoun believe capitalism would produce?
(a) Political power.
(b) Survival of the fittest.
(c) A stronger economy.
(d) Exploitation of the poor.

6. 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) Congress and the President.
(d) The military and the private sector.

7. Why were the Founders hesitant to establish a new monarchy?
(a) A monarch rules in his own interests.
(b) One man could not run a country effectively.
(c) Too many different philosophies existed to choose one man.
(d) There was no royal bloodline from which to choose a King.

8. Why did Abraham Lincoln prefer to read aloud?
(a) To hone his oratory skills.
(b) To hear his inflection.
(c) To ease his stuttering.
(d) To sound out new words.

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

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

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

12. What position did John C. Calhoun hold in James Monroe's cabinet?
(a) Vice-president.
(b) Secretary of State.
(c) Attorney General.
(d) Secretary of War.

13. What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
(a) The document that outlawed slavery in the Confederate States.
(b) The document that freed all slaves in the United States.
(c) A speech about the state of the Union economy.
(d) An amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

14. How long did Abraham Lincoln initially plan for the war to last?
(a) One year.
(b) Six months.
(c) Three months.
(d) Between twelve and eighteen months.

15. How did Wendell Phillips place himself in danger?
(a) He argued publicly with slave auctioneers.
(b) He hid runaway slaves on his own property.
(c) He endorsed violent protests.
(d) He was constantly followed by mobs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Thomas Jefferson's interests?

2. Which politicians from Chapter 3 supported a National Bank?

3. What did the industrial lifestyles in Britain and France produce?

4. Which group of Americans did Thomas Jefferson believe should have the most voting power?

5. How does Hofstadter describe Andrew Jackson's economic policies?

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