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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. Where did Herbert Hoover gain his diplomatic experience?
(a) While fighting in Italy.
(b) In Europe during World War I.
(c) Though an internship with the American Red Cross.
(d) While at Harvard.

2. What were some of Theodore Roosevelt's favorite pastimes?
(a) Riding, hiking, and exploring the wilderness.
(b) Dancing, reading and debate.
(c) Hunting, politics, oratory, and war.
(d) Gambling and drinking.

3. How did Woodrow Wilson view politics?
(a) As a means to bring about the Kingdom of God on earth.
(b) As a platform to restore virtue to the country.
(c) As a means of social promotion.
(d) As the easiest manner in which a man could earn a living.

4. In which famous trial did William Jennings Bryan argue against the teaching of evolution?
(a) The Lindbergh Trial.
(b) The Nuremberg Trial.
(c) The Scopes Trial.
(d) The Arbuckle Trial.

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 Germans sank the Lusitania in 1915.
(c) After the Treaty of Versailles was signed.
(d) After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the economic result of Grover Cleveland's insistence on keeping the gold standard?

2. How did the business barons of the Gilded Age justify their wealth?

3. With which political party is Woodrow Wilson associated?

4. Which position did William Jennings Bryan serve in Woodrow Wilson's cabinet?

5. What economic program did Franklin Roosevelt initiate as president?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the business elite justify their great wealth in the late 19th century?

2. What was the free silver issue?

3. How did William Jennings Bryan rise to power?

4. Describe William Jennings Bryan.

5. What was The New Deal?

6. Why was Theodore Roosevelt considered a Conservative Progressive?

7. How did Woodrow Wilson rise to power?

8. Why did Franklin D. Roosevelt oppose big business?

9. How did Herbert Hoover rise to power?

10. How did the Great Depression affect Herbert Hoover's career?

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