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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 did the Supreme Court effectively decide, which helped expansionism?
(a) Institutionalization of laissez-faire capitalism.
(b) Federal supremacy over the states.
(c) States rights.
(d) Unconstitutionality of regulation.

2. What did Congress have to do to the Federal Bank from time to time?
(a) Audit it.
(b) Fund it.
(c) Regulate it.
(d) Recharter it.

3. What does Sellers say was the result of the economic crash?
(a) A period of austerity.
(b) A bountiful period.
(c) A period of reinvestment.
(d) A period of inflation.

4. What does Sellers attribute Jackson's rise to?
(a) Utopianism.
(b) Militarism.
(c) Expansionism.
(d) Economic disaffection.

5. What step did the Speaker of the House take to expand the American market nationwide?
(a) Incentives for railroad developers.
(b) Subsidies for the heartland.
(c) Tighten immigration restrictions.
(d) Light tariffs on imported goods.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sphere did NOT change under Jackson, according to Sellers?

2. What did new politicians do to come into power?

3. Why was Andrew Jackson censured under John Quincy Adams?

4. What is the side effect of economic stress, according to Sellers?

5. Who does Sellers say will subvert democratic sentiment if markets expand?

(see the answer key)

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