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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Ethos vs. Eros.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Andrew Jackson nominated for President?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Florida.

2. What policy did Monroe continue, according to Sellers?
(a) Bias toward commercial interests.
(b) Ambiguity between farming and commercial interests.
(c) Radicalism about westward expansion.
(d) Relentlessness about relocating Indians.

3. How does Sellers characterize Jackson?
(a) Conservative bureaucrat.
(b) Devoted regionalist.
(c) Ardent nationalist.
(d) Anti-intellectual rabble-rouser.

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

5. Who felt threatened by the market revolution, according to Sellers?
(a) Large landholders.
(b) Big merchants.
(c) Investors.
(d) Commercial groups.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was making the problem of male sexual liberation more difficult, in Sellers's account?

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

3. What does Sellers say happened to farmers during the economic crash?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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