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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 the Founders, power should be divided vertically between which two groups?
(a) The legislature and the judicial system.
(b) Congress and the President.
(c) The military and the private sector.
(d) The federal government and the states.

2. With what political party was Alexander Hamilton associated?
(a) The Democratic-Republicans.
(b) The Progressive Party.
(c) The Whigs.
(d) The Federalists.

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

4. What did the recolonization society want Abraham Lincoln to do?
(a) Relocate slaves to Mexico.
(b) Present their program to Congress as an Act.
(c) Relocate slaves to Africa.
(d) Free the children of current slaves.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the Founding Fathers?

2. With what movement is Wendell Phillips associated?

3. Which institution created by Alexander Hamilton did Thomas Jefferson allow to expire?

4. What position did John C. Calhoun hold in South Carolina?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Andrew Jackson support the growth of capitalism in the United States?

2. Why did some free states in the West not want freed slaves residing in their states?

3. What other form of oppression did Wendell Phillips seek to undermine besides slavery?

4. Why did the Populists see the Bank of America as an undemocratic institution?

5. Why did John C. Calhoun object to having the phrase "all men are created equal" in the Constitution?

6. Why did Thomas Jefferson like Locke's political theory?

7. What is "wage slavery?"

8. What concerns did white laborers have over slavery?

9. How did the Founders plan to meet the needs of differing classes and interests?

10. How did Andrew Jackson destroy the Bank of America?

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