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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Founders believe about man?

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

3. What did Wendell Phillips want to prevent people from becoming?

4. According to the Founders, what could use private vices to produce public benefits?

5. As president, which institution did Andrew Jackson allow to expire?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is an agrarian lifestyle?

2. How did Andrew Jackson support the growth of capitalism in the United States?

3. What interests did Thomas Jefferson's political party seek to protect?

4. Why does Hofstadter consider Wendell Phillips the most effective abolitionist?

5. Which citizens did the Founders originally intend to give the most power and why?

6. How did the American aristocracy establish their social hierarchy in the 18th and 19th centuries?

7. Why did Thomas Jefferson like Locke's political theory?

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

9. What concerns did white laborers have over slavery?

10. How did Thomas Jefferson's foreign policies affect his career?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What social reforms are credited to Thomas Jefferson? How did Jefferson's personal life affect his social policies? How did Jefferson's social philosophies affect his national policies as President?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Hofstadter consider Wendell Phillips to be one of the most effective leaders of the abolitionist movement? What specific concerns did Phillips address about the emancipation of slaves? What strategies did he develop for integrating slaves into a free society?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the philosophies and events that affected Abraham Lincoln's attitude towards slavery. According to Hofstadter, what issues were important to Lincoln? Why did Lincoln participate in a recolonization society? What prompted Lincoln to finally issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

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