View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23, “The Lieutenant Colonel”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A severe U.S. winter in 1886-1887 wiped out most of Theodore Roosevelt’s herd of cattle and his investments of how much at Elk Horn ranch?
(a) $50,000.
(b) $100,000.
(c) $80,000.
(d) $60,000.

2. Theodore Roosevelt, Senior received an appointment as Collector of Customs to the Port of New York by what U.S. President?
(a) William McKinley.
(b) Grover Cleveland.
(c) Rutherford B. Hayes.
(d) James Garfield.

3. What term refers to the practice where a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to its voters as a reward for working toward victory?
(a) A bias system.
(b) A spoils system.
(c) A commerce system.
(d) A ratchet system.

4. Theodore Roosevelt appeared in a minor role at the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893 on behalf of what organization?
(a) The Western Frontier Society.
(b) The Boone and Crockett Club.
(c) The National Commission for Ecology.
(d) The Audubon Society.

5. How many volumes comprised The Winning of the West by Theodore Roosevelt?
(a) 2.
(b) 10.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what years did William McKinley serve as President of the United States?

2. In Chapter 9, “The Honorable Gentleman,” the author states that Theodore Roosevelt succeeded in pushing three pieces of legislations through, including a reform of what?

3. What future Secretary of State did Theodore Roosevelt meet in September of 1870, according to the author in Chapter 2, “The Mind, but Not the Body”?

4. What refers to a levy on the unimproved value of land only?

5. What term refers to the widely held belief that American settlers were destined to expand across the continent?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 287 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample