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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. Which interests did the Speaker of the House want to strength?
(a) Manufacturing.
(b) Agriculture.
(c) Mercantile.
(d) Financial.

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

3. What did the Speaker of the House under James Monroe advocate?
(a) Tariffs.
(b) Free trade.
(c) Regulation.
(d) Tight credit supply.

4. What was John Taylor an advocate of?
(a) Reforming banking corruption.
(b) States rights.
(c) Paper money.
(d) Federal oversight.

5. What step did the Speaker of the House take to expand the American market nationwide?
(a) Subsidies for the heartland.
(b) Light tariffs on imported goods.
(c) Tighten immigration restrictions.
(d) Incentives for railroad developers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Sellers blame for the sense that things needed to be reformed?

2. Who were the Bucktails opposed to in New York?

3. Whom did James Monroe replace in the White House?

4. When did the Jackson administration end?

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

(see the answer key)

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