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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. What does Sellers say would be the result of expanding markets?
(a) Proletarian uprisings.
(b) Concentration of wealth.
(c) Restricting the creation of wealth.
(d) Distribution of wealth.

2. What sphere did NOT change under Jackson, according to Sellers?
(a) Linguistic.
(b) Political.
(c) Religious.
(d) Economic.

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

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

5. What was the condition of the U.S. in Jackson's time?
(a) Mostly open territory.
(b) Mostly agricultural territory.
(c) Mostly settled territory.
(d) Mostly Eastern seaboard territory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sellers say the original economic conflict took place between in America?

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

3. Who felt threatened by the market revolution, according to Sellers?

4. When does Sellers date the beginning of the Jacksonian era?

5. What does Sellers say the Northern interests pushed for?

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