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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Politicians.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Andrew Jackson censured under John Quincy Adams?
(a) Massacring Native Americans.
(b) Piracy.
(c) War crimes.
(d) Intrusion into Florida.

2. What does Sellers say would be the result of expanding markets?
(a) Proletarian uprisings.
(b) Distribution of wealth.
(c) Concentration of wealth.
(d) Restricting the creation of wealth.

3. What does Sellers say Thomas Jefferson's Republicanism emphasizes?
(a) Free trade.
(b) Isolationism.
(c) Engagement.
(d) Equal distribution of wealth.

4. What kind of political picture did Jefferson's Democratic-Republicans espouse?
(a) Technological capitalism.
(b) Agricultural pre-capitalism.
(c) Feudalism.
(d) International socialism.

5. How did the Second Great Awakening affect Jackson's America, according to Sellers?
(a) Stronger Protestantism.
(b) Stronger Catholicism.
(c) Wider array of pagan religions.
(d) Harsher penalties for witchcraft.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does Sellers date the beginning of the Jacksonian era?

3. What did the First Bank of the United States do to the economy?

4. How did the Republicans plan to stay in power, according to Sellers?

5. How does Sellers say the Republican pro-market forces counteracted anti-market forces?

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