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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sellers say would be the result of expanding markets?
(a) Distribution of wealth.
(b) Restricting the creation of wealth.
(c) Proletarian uprisings.
(d) Concentration of wealth.

2. How did things change for political elites, according to Sellers?
(a) They faced new regulations.
(b) Their property was nationalized.
(c) They were pilloried.
(d) They paid higher taxes.

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

4. What ideology reigned in the National Bank of the U.S.?
(a) National Republicanism.
(b) National socialism.
(c) International mercantilism.
(d) Agriculture democracy.

5. Who did the public feel hostility toward, according to Sellers?
(a) Elites.
(b) Foreigners.
(c) Immigrants.
(d) Slaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sellers say the original economic conflict took place between in America?

2. How many votes did Andrew Jackson win the runoff by?

3. Who became Speaker of the House under James Monroe?

4. What does Sellers say happened to farmers during the economic crash?

5. What effect did the cost of labor have on capitalism, according to Sellers?

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