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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 faction became particularly powerful as a result of Republican policies?
(a) Northern manufacturers.
(b) New York commercial interests.
(c) Western railroads.
(d) Southern agriculturalists.

2. Which direction does Sellers say John Story pushed Supreme Court jurisprudence?
(a) Toward agrarianism.
(b) Toward American isolationism.
(c) Toward laissez-faire capitalism.
(d) Toward Republicanism.

3. According to Sellers, what changed the cost of labor, in Jackson's America?
(a) Militarization.
(b) Democratization.
(c) Territorial expansion.
(d) Population explosion.

4. What force does Sellers say created political pressure from the South?
(a) Manufacturers.
(b) Railroads.
(c) Elite investors.
(d) Cotton industry.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Sellers say is the appropriate outlet for the sexual forces liberated in masturbation?

3. What was the cause that created regional tensions Jackson and Martin Van Buren had to quell?

4. How does Sellers say Americans reproduced in Jackson's America?

5. What does Sellers say Thomas Jefferson's Republicanism emphasizes?

(see the answer key)

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