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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. What position did John C. Calhoun hold in Andrew Jackson's cabinet?
(a) Secretary of War.
(b) Attorney General.
(c) Secretary of State.
(d) Vice-president.

2. What type of politician was Thomas Jefferson?
(a) Progressive.
(b) Moderate.
(c) Conservative.
(d) Liberal.

3. What were Thomas Jefferson's interests?
(a) Science and Medicine.
(b) Everything.
(c) Psycology and social behavior.
(d) Law and politics.

4. Why did Wendell Phillips advocate secession from the South?
(a) To prevent slavery from entering the North.
(b) To separate the Union from Southern immorality.
(c) To end the war.
(d) To damage the Southern economy.

5. How did the Founders feel about democracy?
(a) It was effective as long as the people believed in the nation.
(b) It was a limited method of protecting liberty.
(c) It would eventually dissolve into an oligarchy.
(d) It was the perfect method of protecting liberty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which state did Andrew Jackson threaten to conquer in Chapter 4?

2. Which political theory is John C. Calhoun attributed with developing?

3. What did the Founders design the Constitution to protect?

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

5. With what class was Andrew Jackson associated?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe John C. Calhoun.

4. Describe Abraham Lincoln.

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

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

7. Why were the Founders attempting to break off their association with Great Britain?

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

9. What is an agrarian lifestyle?

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

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