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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Ambiguous Republicanism.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who would normally have prevented economic revolution from changing people's lives?
(a) The manufacturers.
(b) Slaves.
(c) The people.
(d) The government.

3. How does Sellers compare James Madison to Thomas Jefferson?
(a) Less business friendly.
(b) More market-oriented.
(c) More isolationist.
(d) More protectionist.

4. When did the Jackson administration end?
(a) 1848.
(b) 1833.
(c) 1837.
(d) 1827.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sellers say James Madison's Republicanism emphasizes?

2. Who brought Thomas Jefferson to power?

3. How does Sellers describe America at the beginning of the Jacksonian era?

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

5. What was James Madison's effect on Thomas Jefferson's pro-land positions?

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