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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Emancipation Proclamation not prohibit?
(a) Owners from reclaiming their slaves from the North.
(b) Slavery outside the South.
(c) Slavery in the South.
(d) New slaves from being brought into America.

2. How did Wendell Phillips view the culture of the South?
(a) As the bulwark of modern society.
(b) As a playground for greedy capitalists.
(c) As a bourgeois, immoral society.
(d) As a feudal civilization.

3. How many Southern states had seceded before Abraham Lincoln took office?
(a) Six.
(b) Seven.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

4. On the American frontier, how was social hierarchy gained?
(a) Through invention and industry.
(b) Through family connections and marriage.
(c) Through political power.
(d) Through military and financial success.

5. What was the Constitution based upon?
(a) Fragments of English political philosophy.
(b) Greek and Roman political philosophy.
(c) European tradition mixed with revolutionary philosophy.
(d) Experience and observation.

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

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

8. Who are the Founding Fathers?
(a) A group of men who created the Constitution.
(b) The original members of the Plymouth colony.
(c) The original 13 represenatives for the United States.
(d) A group of ministers.

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

10. Where did Thomas Jefferson believe most of the government's power should lie?
(a) With the elected leaders.
(b) With industry owners.
(c) With the people.
(d) With merchants.

11. How did Wendell Phillips view the culture of the North?
(a) As a playground for greedy capitalists.
(b) As a bourgeois but moral society.
(c) As a feudal civilization.
(d) As the bulwark of modern society.

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

13. According to Hofstadter, what type of politician was Abraham Lincoln?
(a) Moderate conservative.
(b) Strong conservative.
(c) Progressive.
(d) Liberal.

14. Who won the presidential election in 1832?
(a) Andrew Jackson.
(b) John Floyd.
(c) John C. Calhoun.
(d) Henry Clay.

15. What did the industrial lifestyles in Britain and France produce?
(a) Massive amounts of wealth for a few people.
(b) A climate of social change and development.
(c) An equal distribution of wealth among the workers.
(d) A climate of social dissoultion.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Wendell Phillips place himself in danger?

2. Why were the Founders willing to let selfish men follow their own interests?

3. In which state was Abraham Lincoln raised?

4. With what political party was Alexander Hamilton associated?

5. What class of people are usually attracted to democracy?

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