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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Hofstadter, how is Andrew Jackson often depicted?
(a) As an opponent of aristocratic privilege.
(b) As an aggressive proponent for military conquest.
(c) As one of the most influential men in history.
(d) As an arrogant aristocrat.

2. To which phrase in the Declaration of Independence did John C. Calhoun object?
(a) Endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.
(b) The Laws of Nature and of Nature's God.
(c) All men are created equal.
(d) Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

3. What form of rivalry did the Founders wish to allow in their new country?
(a) Class change.
(b) Interstate rivalries.
(c) Competition.
(d) Land acquisition.

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

5. Which economic system did Wendell Phillips oppose?
(a) Capitalist.
(b) Mercantile.
(c) Socialist.
(d) Laissez-faire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Wendell Phillips advocate secession from the South?

2. What did the Emancipation Proclamation not prohibit?

3. How did the Founders design ruling institutions?

4. Which institution was responsible for loaning large sums of money in the 1820s?

5. How did Wendell Phillips place himself in danger?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was John C. Calhoun's philosophy on slavery?

2. Why did Wendell Phillips advocate secession from the South?

3. What concerns did white laborers have over slavery?

4. What social reforms did Thomas Jefferson make in Virginia?

5. What was abolitionism?

6. How did Thomas Jefferson's foreign policies affect his career?

7. Whom did Thomas Jefferson believe should have the most say in the government?

8. Which citizens did the Founders originally intend to give the most power and why?

9. According to Hofstadter, what was Abraham Lincoln's philosophy on slavery?

10. How did Abraham Lincoln initiate war without ordering the Union Army to attack?

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