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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sellers say Jackson learned from his mother as a child?
(a) Never tell a lie.
(b) Defend yourself.
(c) Get ahead.
(d) Do the right thing.

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

3. Which group was on the decline by the time Monroe became president?
(a) Merchants.
(b) Farmers.
(c) Investors.
(d) Manufacturers.

4. Where did reformers look for a model of how society could be?
(a) The institutions that were formed in the French Revolution.
(b) Utopian theories.
(c) Government structures from England.
(d) New forms of radical democratic institutions.

5. What faction found favor after James Monroe's presidency?
(a) Manufacturers.
(b) New York commercial interests.
(c) Slave owners.
(d) Merchants.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were people feeling about slavery in the 1810s?

2. How did liberal Democrats view Republican use of paper currency?

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

4. Who brought Thomas Jefferson to power?

5. Which interests did the Speaker of the House want to strength?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Martin Van Buren's importance in opposing the Republican party?

2. Describe the Missouri Compromise.

3. What period does Sellers's book cover?

4. What came out of the period Sellers covers?

5. What was the difference between Thomas Jefferson and James Madison?

6. What does Sellers say about the spread of religion after the collapse of the market?

7. What happened to the momentum Thomas Jefferson brought into office?

8. How did American politics change as a result of the economic crash?

9. What changes affected American society in the 1810s and 20s?

10. Who supported Thomas Jefferson's rise to power?

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