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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Ambiguous Democracy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did David Ricardo theorize?
(a) The economics of poverty.
(b) Dialectic of class warfare.
(c) Labor theory of value.
(d) The Master/Slave dialectic.

2. What sphere did NOT change under Jackson, according to Sellers?
(a) Political.
(b) Religious.
(c) Economic.
(d) Linguistic.

3. Who will suffer with expanding markets?
(a) Landowners.
(b) Investors.
(c) Manufacturers.
(d) Politicians.

4. Who were the Bucktails opposed to in New York?
(a) The Republican establishment.
(b) The federal government.
(c) The democratic elites.
(d) Southern manufacturers.

5. When did zeal for reform reach the lower classes, in Sellers's account?
(a) 1830s.
(b) Late 1820s.
(c) Early 1820s.
(d) Mid 1820s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What stance did John Calhoun take after Andrew Jackson was elected?

2. What does Sellers say was the result of the economic crash?

3. On what topic does Sellers say James Madison agreed with Thomas Jefferson?

4. What does Sellers say the growth of American wealth resulted in?

5. What force does Sellers say created political pressure from the South?

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