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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 did the Founders design the Constitution to protect?
(a) The nation from outside forces.
(b) Freedom from interference.
(c) The laws of the nation.
(d) The government from the people.

2. What was Wendell Phillips's main goal?
(a) To protect slaves who had run away from their owners.
(b) To end slavery through legal channels.
(c) To end slavery through any means possible.
(d) To convince people there was a practical end to slavery.

3. How did Wendell Phillips view the culture of the South?
(a) As the bulwark of modern society.
(b) As a playground for greedy capitalists.
(c) As a feudal civilization.
(d) As a bourgeois, immoral society.

4. In which famous trial did William Jennings Bryan argue against the teaching of evolution?
(a) The Nuremberg Trial.
(b) The Scopes Trial.
(c) The Arbuckle Trial.
(d) The Lindbergh Trial.

5. What position did John C. Calhoun hold in James Monroe's cabinet?
(a) Attorney General.
(b) Secretary of State.
(c) Vice-president.
(d) Secretary of War.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the business barons of the Gilded Age justify their wealth?

2. What did the Founders believe about man?

3. What did the supporters of the free silver movement wish for the government to do?

4. How did Thomas Jefferson feel about property rights?

5. Why did Andrew Jackson want to close down the bank or force inflation?

(see the answer key)

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