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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Ambiguous Republicanism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sellers describe America at the beginning of the Jacksonian era?
(a) Growth of corporations with cheap labor.
(b) Powerful landholders controlled cheap labor.
(c) Equilibrium between landholders and workers.
(d) Exploitation of workers by corporations.

2. What did the First Bank of the United States do to the economy?
(a) Devalue currency.
(b) Increase the amount of currency.
(c) Regulate markets.
(d) Tighten credit.

3. How did the Second Great Awakening affect Jackson's America, according to Sellers?
(a) Harsher penalties for witchcraft.
(b) Stronger Catholicism.
(c) Stronger Protestantism.
(d) Wider array of pagan religions.

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

5. How long did the order that came out of the Jacksonian era last, according to Sellers?
(a) Until World War II.
(b) Until the Great War.
(c) Until the present.
(d) Until the Civil War.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sellers describe the Republicanism of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison?

2. What resulted from the changes that took place under Jackson?

3. What does Sellers say James Madison's Republicanism emphasizes?

4. Who pressed for the First Bank of the United States?

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

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