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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Woodrow Wilson: The Conservative as Liberal.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What concern did William Jennings Bryan voice over Woodrow Wilson's support of Great Britain?
(a) He feared such support would draw an attack on the mainland.
(b) He felt that neutrality would be wiser for the sake of the future.
(c) He feared such support would draw the U.S. into the war.
(d) He feared the economy would suffer greatly.

2. At what university was Woodrow Wilson president?
(a) Yale.
(b) Johns Hopkins.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Princeton.

3. With which political party was William Jennings Bryan associated?
(a) The Republican Party.
(b) The Progressive Party.
(c) The Democratic Party.
(d) The Libertarian Party.

4. Why did Andrew Jackson want to close down the bank or force inflation?
(a) To reduce the debt burden on land speculators.
(b) To create a new bank with his own investors.
(c) To change the method of loan assumption.
(d) To allow for the privatization of banking.

5. Why were the Founders hesitant to establish a new monarchy?
(a) Too many different philosophies existed to choose one man.
(b) There was no royal bloodline from which to choose a King.
(c) One man could not run a country effectively.
(d) A monarch rules in his own interests.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which scientific theory became popular during the Gilded Age?

2. To which phrase in the Declaration of Independence did John C. Calhoun object?

3. What economic changes occurred during the Gilded Age?

4. How does Hofstadter describe Grover Cleveland's economic policies?

5. How did Abraham Lincoln force the Confederacy into a battle?

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