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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 did Theodore Roosevelt enter politics?
(a) To restore virtue to political office.
(b) To expand the territory of the United States.
(c) To gain money and fame.
(d) To improve his family's social status.

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

3. How did the business barons of the Gilded Age justify their wealth?
(a) Wealth is a natural product of a healthy society.
(b) They had earned it.
(c) They had not broken any laws.
(d) There had always been wealthy men in society.

4. Where did Herbert Hoover attend school?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Johns Hopkins.
(d) Stanford.

5. With what social class was Franklin Roosevelt associated?
(a) The wealthy New York elite.
(b) The common laborer.
(c) The middle class.
(d) The working class.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were William Jennings Bryan's constituents?

2. With which political party was William Jennings Bryan associated?

3. Which movement did William Jennings Bryan lead?

4. How did Woodrow Wilson view politics?

5. Which political philosophies did Woodrow Wilson admire?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Woodrow Wilson's philosophy concerning World War I?

2. Describe Herbert Hoover.

3. Describe William Jennings Bryan.

4. How did the Great Depression affect Herbert Hoover's economic policies?

5. Which political party dominated the United States after the Civil War and why?

6. What was The New Deal?

7. Describe Franklin D. Roosevelt.

8. How did William Jennings Bryan rise to power?

9. Describe Woodrow Wilson.

10. Describe Theodore Roosevelt.

(see the answer keys)

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