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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. Who succeeded Theodore Roosevelt as president?
(a) Rutherford B. Hayes.
(b) William McKinley.
(c) Benjamin Harrison.
(d) William Howard Taft.

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

3. What disease paralyzed Franklin Roosevelt from the waist down?
(a) Lupus.
(b) Polio.
(c) Influenza.
(d) Multiple sclerosis.

4. What problem did deflation cause during the Gilded Age?
(a) Industrial expansion came to a standstill.
(b) The price of goods rose as wages remained constant.
(c) Indebted farmers saw their debts increase.
(d) Investors saw poor returns on their investments.

5. When did William Jennings Bryan resign from Woodrow Wilson's cabinet?
(a) After the United States entered the war in 1917.
(b) After the Treaty of Versailles was signed.
(c) After the Germans sank the Lusitania in 1915.
(d) After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Herbert Hoover attend school?

2. What were some of Theodore Roosevelt's favorite pastimes?

3. With which political group did Theodore Roosevelt associate?

4. How does Hofstadter describe Grover Cleveland's economic policies?

5. What did the National Recovery Act of 1933 attempt to accomplish?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Woodrow Wilson.

2. How did Theodore Roosevelt affect American politics after his term in office?

3. How did Herbert Hoover rise to power?

4. What was the "Gilded Age"?

5. What was Woodrow Wilson's philosophy concerning World War I?

6. What was The New Deal?

7. Describe Theodore Roosevelt.

8. Describe William Jennings Bryan.

9. Why was Theodore Roosevelt considered a Conservative Progressive?

10. Why did Theodore Roosevelt enter politics?

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