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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 was the result of the economic crash?
(a) A period of austerity.
(b) A bountiful period.
(c) A period of reinvestment.
(d) A period of inflation.

2. To what does Sellers attribute the rise in democratic sentiment?
(a) The people's desire for stability.
(b) The people's desire for cheaper goods.
(c) The people's desire for peace.
(d) The people's desire for western expansion.

3. Who would normally have prevented economic revolution from changing people's lives?
(a) The government.
(b) The people.
(c) The manufacturers.
(d) Slaves.

4. Who felt threatened by the market revolution, according to Sellers?
(a) Commercial groups.
(b) Investors.
(c) Large landholders.
(d) Big merchants.

5. How were people feeling about slavery in the 1810s?
(a) It was on the verge of being outlawed.
(b) Slave traders were expecting the trade to expand.
(c) Proponents were on the verge of legalizing slavery in western territories.
(d) Opposition to it was growing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first event of 1810 Sellers describes?

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

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

4. What does Sellers attribute Jackson's rise to?

5. How does Sellers say the Republican pro-market forces counteracted anti-market forces?

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