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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 reputation did Theodore Roosevelt acquire among big businesses?
(a) An economic supporter.
(b) A trust buster.
(c) A puppet.
(d) An ally.

2. What economic changes occurred during the Gilded Age?
(a) There was a steady economic decline.
(b) There was great economic growth.
(c) There was a sudden economic crash in 1865.
(d) Socialist economic principles were adopted.

3. Where did Herbert Hoover attend school?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Stanford.
(d) Johns Hopkins.

4. How does Hofstadter describe Herbert Hoover's economic policies?
(a) Socialist.
(b) Mercantile.
(c) Laissez-faire capitalism.
(d) Corporate capitalism.

5. How does Hofstadter characterize American culture in the late nineteenth century?
(a) Flourishing after one hundred years of capitalism.
(b) Greedy, immoral, and obsessed with conquest.
(c) Rough, individualistic, and obsessed with material gain.
(d) Refined, moral, and concerned with social appearances.

Short Answer Questions

1. With which political party was William Jennings Bryan associated?

2. What did Herbert Hoover study while in school?

3. How did Theodore Roosevelt feel about America's entry into World War I?

4. Who succeeded Woodrow Wilson as President of the United States?

5. According to Hofstadter, which politician was the only person to have his status elevated as a result of World War I?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Woodrow Wilson rise to power?

2. What was The New Deal?

3. Why did William Jennings Bryan resign as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of War?

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

5. Describe Herbert Hoover.

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

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

8. How did the Great Depression affect Herbert Hoover's economic policies?

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

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

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