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

2. Who revolted against the New York Republican power structure?
(a) Martin Van Buren.
(b) John Taylor.
(c) Andrew Jackson.
(d) Henry Clay.

3. How did families change in the economic hard times?
(a) Families grew more quickly.
(b) Families split apart more frequently.
(c) Families had to sell children as indentured servants.
(d) Families did not grow as quickly.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which interests did the Speaker of the House want to strength?

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

3. What was John Taylor an advocate of?

4. Where else beside New York did political parties accomplish revolutions?

5. What did the Supreme Court effectively decide, which helped expansionism?

(see the answer key)

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