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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What studies did Franklin Roosevelt pursue?
(a) Science and medicine.
(b) Law and politics.
(c) Literature and writing.
(d) Languages.

2. What were some of Theodore Roosevelt's favorite pastimes?
(a) Dancing, reading and debate.
(b) Hunting, politics, oratory, and war.
(c) Riding, hiking, and exploring the wilderness.
(d) Gambling and drinking.

3. Which late 19th century president does Hofstadter refer to as "dogmatic, obtuse, and insensitive?"
(a) Grover Cleveland.
(b) Ulysses S. Grant.
(c) Chester A. Arthur.
(d) James Garfield.

4. How does Hofstadter describe Herbert Hoover's economic policies?
(a) Laissez-faire capitalism.
(b) Socialist.
(c) Mercantile.
(d) Corporate capitalism.

5. Which movement did not approve of Grover Cleveland's policies?
(a) The populist movement.
(b) The socialist movement.
(c) The abolitionist movement.
(d) The democratic movement.

6. What criticism did Franklin Roosevelt have of Herbert Hoover while campaigning for president?
(a) Hoover drank too much.
(b) Hoover's foreign policies would start another war.
(c) Hoover spent too much.
(d) Hoover did not truly care for American citizens.

7. Which country did Franklin Roosevelt assist at the beginning of World War II?
(a) Germany.
(b) Spain.
(c) Italy.
(d) Great Britain.

8. What position did Herbert Hoover hold in both Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge's cabinets?
(a) Secretary of State.
(b) Attorney General.
(c) Secretary of War.
(d) Secretary of Commerce.

9. Who were William Jennings Bryan's constituents?
(a) The industrialists of the North.
(b) The frontiersmen of the West.
(c) The wealthy elite of the Northeast.
(d) The farming people of the West and South.

10. What economic program did Franklin Roosevelt initiate as president?
(a) New Freedom.
(b) The New Deal.
(c) ACLU.
(d) The Freedom Act.

11. What did Herbert Hoover study while in school?
(a) Science and medicine.
(b) Law.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Engineering and geology.

12. For which political party was Theodore Roosevelt the nominee in 1912?
(a) The Progressive Party.
(b) The Republican Party.
(c) The Libertarian Party.
(d) The Democratic Party.

13. According to Hofstadter, which politician was the only person to have his status elevated as a result of World War I?
(a) William Howard Taft.
(b) Theodore Roosevelt.
(c) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(d) Herbert Hoover.

14. What role did Theodore Roosevelt wish for the United States to take on in the world?
(a) Master.
(b) Judge.
(c) Economic stimulator.
(d) Servant.

15. Why did Theodore Roosevelt enter politics?
(a) To improve his family's social status.
(b) To restore virtue to political office.
(c) To gain money and fame.
(d) To expand the territory of the United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hofstadter view Grover Cleveland's presidency?

2. In which famous trial did William Jennings Bryan argue against the teaching of evolution?

3. Who was responsible for organizing the League of Nations after World War I?

4. What physical changes occurred during the Gilded Age?

5. What was the reason supporters of the free silver movement wanted to change the monetary policy of the United States?

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