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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Ambiguous Democracy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. What did David Ricardo theorize?
(a) Dialectic of class warfare.
(b) Labor theory of value.
(c) The Master/Slave dialectic.
(d) The economics of poverty.

4. What was James Madison's effect on Thomas Jefferson's pro-land positions?
(a) Tempered them with markets.
(b) Exacerbated them with tariffs.
(c) Protected them with regulations.
(d) Expanded them with incentives.

5. Why did masturbation have to be restricted, according to Sellers?
(a) It was undemocratic.
(b) It sapped "vital energies."
(c) It debased the market.
(d) It created rebelliousness.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Second Great Awakening affect Jackson's America, according to Sellers?

2. Where does Sellers say the religious movement in the 19th century originated?

3. What stance did John Calhoun take after Andrew Jackson was elected?

4. What did the Great Awakening move away from, according to Sellers?

5. What kind of political picture did Jefferson's Democratic-Republicans espouse?

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