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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. How did Herbert Hoover first react to the stock market crash of 1929?

2. How did Woodrow Wilson view politics?

3. Which country's conquest did William Jennings Bryan openly oppose?

4. Why did Theodore Roosevelt oppose the League of Nations?

5. Which late 19th century president does Hofstadter refer to as "dogmatic, obtuse, and insensitive?"

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Herbert Hoover rise to power?

4. Describe Theodore Roosevelt.

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

6. Why did Theodore Roosevelt enter politics?

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

8. How did Woodrow Wilson rise to power?

9. What was The New Deal?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What is "wage slavery" and how did it affect Americans in the 19th century? How did wage slavery differ from the slavery endured by many African-Americans at that time? What strategies were developed to end wage slavery?

Essay Topic 3

What constitutes a laissez-faire attitude towards an economy? Describe examples of laissez-faire policies. How do laissez-faire policies assist in the economic growth and development of a nation? What dangers are inherent in laissez-faire economics?

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