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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Abraham Lincoln and the Self-Made Myth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what class were most of the Founders associated?
(a) Laborers.
(b) The aristocracy.
(c) The middle class.
(d) The working class.

2. How did the Founders feel about democracy?
(a) It was effective as long as the people believed in the nation.
(b) It would eventually dissolve into an oligarchy.
(c) It was a limited method of protecting liberty.
(d) It was the perfect method of protecting liberty.

3. Which institution was responsible for loaning large sums of money in the 1820s?
(a) The First Bank of the United States.
(b) The Second Bank of the United States.
(c) The Bank of the Congress.
(d) The Bank of North America.

4. How did Thomas Jefferson feel about property rights?
(a) They were to be dictated by the federal government.
(b) They were the key to a stable natural order.
(c) They were to be dictated by the state government.
(d) They were an unalienable right.

5. With what political party was Alexander Hamilton associated?
(a) The Federalists.
(b) The Whigs.
(c) The Democratic-Republicans.
(d) The Progressive Party.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the Southwesterners?

2. Who are the Founding Fathers?

3. With what political party was Thomas Jefferson associated?

4. What type of lifestyle did Thomas Jefferson promote?

5. With what class was Andrew Jackson associated?

(see the answer key)

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