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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Crisis of 1819.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who pressed for the First Bank of the United States?
(a) Northern manufacturers.
(b) Southern agriculturalists.
(c) New York commercial interests.
(d) Western railroads.

2. How does Sellers describe the Republicanism of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison?
(a) Ambiguous.
(b) Extreme.
(c) Committed.
(d) Literate.

3. What policy did Monroe continue, according to Sellers?
(a) Relentlessness about relocating Indians.
(b) Ambiguity between farming and commercial interests.
(c) Bias toward commercial interests.
(d) Radicalism about westward expansion.

4. What does Sellers say James Madison's Republicanism emphasizes?
(a) Free markets.
(b) Urbanization.
(c) Expansionism.
(d) Strong central government.

5. How does Sellers characterize labor in Jackson's America?
(a) Organized.
(b) Expensive.
(c) Inexpensive.
(d) Rare.

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect did the cost of labor have on capitalism, according to Sellers?

2. What faction found favor after James Monroe's presidency?

3. What factory work does Sellers say became much more efficient in Jackson's America?

4. Who does Sellers blame for the sense that things needed to be reformed?

5. What does Sellers say Thomas Jefferson's Republicanism emphasizes?

(see the answer key)

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