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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Andrew Jackson and the Rise of Liberal Capitalism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Southwesterners want Andrew Jackson to do?
(a) Run for president of the United States.
(b) Create a private banking system.
(c) Take Texas for the United States.
(d) Oppose the bank and force states to provide debt relief.

2. What type of balance were the Founders attempting to create?
(a) A document that supported both the people and their leaders.
(b) A government between monarchy and democracy.
(c) A peaceful, yet structured state.
(d) A nation that could run itself without dissolving into chaos.

3. According to the Founders, what could use private vices to produce public benefits?
(a) Economic markets.
(b) The judicial system.
(c) Political parties.
(d) Political platforms.

4. With what class were most of the Founders associated?
(a) The middle class.
(b) The working class.
(c) The aristocracy.
(d) Laborers.

5. What form of rivalry did the Founders wish to allow in their new country?
(a) Class change.
(b) Land acquisition.
(c) Interstate rivalries.
(d) Competition.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hofstadter describe Andrew Jackson's economic policies?

2. What did the Founders design the Constitution to protect?

3. How did the Founders separate power at the Federal level?

4. Where did Thomas Jefferson believe most of the government's power should lie?

5. How did Andrew Jackson ensure that his policies would continue to be supported after he left office?

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