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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Hofstadter consider Thomas Jefferson to be an important figure in American history?
(a) His economic theories were far beyond his time.
(b) His philosophies shaped many foundational American ideals.
(c) He was the first aristocrat to fight for the rights of commoners.
(d) His leadership united the Congressional Congress.

2. How did Wendell Phillips view the Civil War?
(a) As an evil necessity.
(b) As a struggle between a bourgeois and a feudal civilization.
(c) With disdain.
(d) As the last hope to end slavery in the United States.

3. What were Thomas Jefferson's interests?
(a) Everything.
(b) Law and politics.
(c) Psycology and social behavior.
(d) Science and Medicine.

4. What did John C. Calhoun wish to preserve?
(a) Slavery.
(b) The Union.
(c) The South.
(d) His wealth.

5. Why was John C. Calhoun forced to resign from Andrew Jackson's cabinet?
(a) He voiced his opinion of slavery in public.
(b) He opposed Jackson's "Tariff of Abominations."
(c) He slandered Jackson in a speech to the press.
(d) He embezzled money from the U.S. Treasury.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of politician was Thomas Jefferson?

2. Why did Abraham Lincoln prefer to read aloud?

3. What did the industrial lifestyles in Britain and France produce?

4. How does Hofstadter describe abolitionism?

5. What did Wendell Phillips want to prevent people from becoming?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was John C. Calhoun's philosophy on slavery?

2. How did Thomas Jefferson's foreign policies affect his career?

3. Describe Abraham Lincoln.

4. Why did Wendell Phillips advocate secession from the South?

5. Describe John C. Calhoun.

6. What social reforms did Thomas Jefferson make in Virginia?

7. How did the Founders plan to meet the needs of differing classes and interests?

8. Why was John C. Calhoun forced to resign as vice-president?

9. Why didn't the Founders want to establish a monarchy?

10. Why did Thomas Jefferson like Locke's political theory?

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