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

2. How does Sellers compare James Madison to Thomas Jefferson?
(a) More isolationist.
(b) More market-oriented.
(c) Less business friendly.
(d) More protectionist.

3. Why was Andrew Jackson censured under John Quincy Adams?
(a) Massacring Native Americans.
(b) War crimes.
(c) Intrusion into Florida.
(d) Piracy.

4. How did the Second Great Awakening affect Jackson's America, according to Sellers?
(a) Harsher penalties for witchcraft.
(b) Wider array of pagan religions.
(c) Stronger Catholicism.
(d) Stronger Protestantism.

5. What kinds of positions does Sellers say became more rare in Jackson's America?
(a) Unskilled labor positions.
(b) Mercantile positions.
(c) Management positions.
(d) Apprenticeship positions.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the condition of the U.S. in Jackson's time?

3. How does Sellers say Americans reproduced in Jackson's America?

4. How did families change in the economic hard times?

5. Who brought Thomas Jefferson to power?

(see the answer key)

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