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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Hard Times, Hard Feelings, Hard Money.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What direction does Sellers say the political parties moved in as a result of the 1810 economic crash?
(a) Sectarianism.
(b) Nationalism.
(c) Regionalism.
(d) Pacifism.

2. What did the Bucktails accomplish in their revolt in New York?
(a) Reforms on the Supreme Court.
(b) Relief from federally mandated tariffs.
(c) A democratically managed party.
(d) A more radical party.

3. How does Sellers describe the Republicanism of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison?
(a) Extreme.
(b) Literate.
(c) Committed.
(d) Ambiguous.

4. Where else beside New York did political parties accomplish revolutions?
(a) Virginia.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Massachusetts.

5. How did liberal Democrats view Republican use of paper currency?
(a) They felt they were destabilizing the rates for commodities with speculation.
(b) They felt they were creating too conservative a fiscal policy, which would stifle growth.
(c) They felt they were gaining an advantage in financial transactions with farmers.
(d) They felt the Republicans were using it to bolster their institutions.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the first event of 1810 Sellers describes?

4. What was James Madison's effect on Thomas Jefferson's pro-land positions?

5. What factory work does Sellers say became much more efficient in Jackson's America?

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