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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Andrew Jackson nominated for President?
(a) Florida.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Missouri.

2. How did the Republicans plan to stay in power, according to Sellers?
(a) By pitting the farmers and planters against each other.
(b) By promising to raise tariffs.
(c) By uniting farmers and planters.
(d) By setting the people against the elite bankers.

3. Who does Sellers blame for the sense that things needed to be reformed?
(a) Commercial interests.
(b) Socialist agitators.
(c) Abolitionists.
(d) Manufacturers.

4. How was the question of slavery's expansion into Missouri cast?
(a) As a fight over states' rights.
(b) As a human rights issue.
(c) As a cultural fight to the death.
(d) As an economic issue.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sphere did NOT change under Jackson, according to Sellers?

2. How does Sellers characterize the ethic Jackson got from his family?

3. What does Sellers say happened to debtors when the economic crashed?

4. What kind of political picture did Jefferson's Democratic-Republicans espouse?

5. What does Sellers say the growth of American wealth resulted in?

(see the answer key)

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