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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3,.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who brought Thomas Jefferson to power?
(a) Freed slaves.
(b) Factory owners and investors.
(c) Anti-commercial landowners.
(d) Capitalist merchants.

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

4. How does Sellers say the Republican pro-market forces counteracted anti-market forces?
(a) By getting them to support Republicans.
(b) By buying or suppressing their votes.
(c) By making compromises with them.
(d) By rigging elections against their candidates.

5. What effect did the cost of labor have on capitalism, according to Sellers?
(a) Prevented organization of corporations.
(b) Fostered the organization of corporations.
(c) Prevented the consolidation of profits.
(d) Distributed profits.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what topic does Sellers say James Madison agreed with Thomas Jefferson?

2. What did John Calhoun support?

3. How does Sellers describe America at the beginning of the Jacksonian era?

4. What force does Sellers say created political pressure from the South?

5. Whom did Andrew Jackson oppose in battle?

(see the answer key)

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