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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Crisis of 1819.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who brought Thomas Jefferson to power?
(a) Factory owners and investors.
(b) Anti-commercial landowners.
(c) Freed slaves.
(d) Capitalist merchants.

2. Who became Speaker of the House under James Monroe?
(a) Henry Clay.
(b) James Madison.
(c) Andrew Jackson.
(d) John Quincy Adams.

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

4. Who does Sellers say will subvert democratic sentiment if markets expand?
(a) Elite lawyers.
(b) Cotton producers.
(c) Career politicians.
(d) Manufacturers.

5. Who succeeded James Monroe in the White House?
(a) James Madison.
(b) John Quincy Adams.
(c) Henry Clay.
(d) Andrew Jackson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What step did the Speaker of the House take to expand the American market nationwide?

2. What faction found favor after James Monroe's presidency?

3. What prevented Andrew Jackson's censure?

4. Who does Sellers blame for the sense that things needed to be reformed?

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

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