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

2. At what age did Abraham Lincoln become Speaker of the House in Illinois?
(a) 21.
(b) 38.
(c) 32.
(d) 28.

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

4. Why were the Founders willing to let selfish men follow their own interests?
(a) They did not want to control behavior with the government.
(b) They thought man was inherently good.
(c) They understood the nature of man.
(d) They did not want to control the law.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What concern did Abraham Lincoln have about white laborers?

2. How does Hofstadter describe Thomas Jefferson's foreign policy?

3. What position did John C. Calhoun hold in Andrew Jackson's cabinet?

4. What form of oppression did Wendell Phillips condemn in the North?

5. What form of rivalry did the Founders wish to allow in their new country?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Wendell Phillips criticize capitalism?

2. Describe Wendell Phillips.

3. How did Abraham Lincoln rise to power?

4. Describe John C. Calhoun.

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

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

7. What is "wage slavery?"

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. Why didn't the Founders want to establish a monarchy?

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