1. Thomas Roosevelt’s family largely spent their summers at an estate located where?
(a) Coney Island, New York.
(b) Richfield Springs, New York.
(c) Brighton Beach, New York.
(d) Oyster Bay, New York.

2. With what family did Theodore Roosevelt stay in Dresden when his family visited Europe, according to the author in Chapter 2, “The Mind, but Not the Body”?
(a) The Butler family.
(b) The Minkwitz family.
(c) The Pinkler family.
(d) The Horowitz family.

3. What name refers to Republican political activists that bolted from the U.S. Republican Party by supporting Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland in the Presidential Election of 1884?
(a) Carpetbaggers.
(b) Whigs.
(c) Mugwumps.
(d) Turncoats.

4. Theodore Roosevelt’s ancestry has been described as half Irish and half what?
(a) Dutch.
(b) Spanish.
(c) English.
(d) French.

5. When was Theodore Roosevelt’s daughter Alice Lee Roosevelt born?
(a) October 27, 1858.
(b) October 28, 1881.
(c) January 14, 1883.
(d) February 12, 1884.

Short Answer Questions

1. In investigating corruption in the case of the Manhattan Elevated Railroad and the City of New York, Theodore Roosevelt’s findings demanded further investigation of what two individuals in 1881-1882?

2. When was the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act established?

3. What was the name of the horse that Theodore Roosevelt had sent to Cambridge in order to pursue his courtship of Alice Lee?

4. What was the name of Alice Lee’s father?

5. Who was the Presidential nominee that was chosen at the 1884 Republican Convention?

(see the answer key)

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