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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Patrician as Opportunist.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Hofstadter describe Abraham Lincoln's concern over the issue of slavery in America?
(a) Fierce.
(b) Weak.
(c) Mild.
(d) Strong.

3. Where did the recolonization society want to send African-Americans?
(a) Ethiopia.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Liberia.
(d) Kenya.

4. How did the Great Depression affect Herbert Hoover's political career?
(a) It divided his administration.
(b) It destroyed his reputation.
(c) It bolstered his administration.
(d) It had a negligible effect on his career.

5. Why did most members of the abolitionist movement have difficulty convincing people to support the end of slavery?
(a) They had no specific plan for ending slavery.
(b) People were afraid to challenge the status quo.
(c) They appeared angry and aggressive.
(d) Slavery had existed since the beginning of the country.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which organization was credited for preserving European economies after World War I?

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

4. What famous treaty was created at the end of World War I?

5. According to the Founders, power should be divided vertically between which two groups?

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