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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was James Madison's effect on Thomas Jefferson's pro-land positions?
(a) Protected them with regulations.
(b) Exacerbated them with tariffs.
(c) Tempered them with markets.
(d) Expanded them with incentives.

3. What is the first event of 1810 Sellers describes?
(a) The concentration of political power in democratic states.
(b) The collapse of the Republican power structure.
(c) The concentration of wealth in elite hands.
(d) The rise of abolitionism.

4. How does Sellers say the Supreme Court used its power?
(a) Protecting individuals.
(b) Striking down state laws.
(c) Protecting corporations.
(d) Reducing the power of the legislature.

5. How does Sellers describe the composition of the democratic field when Andrew Jackson was running for the democratic nomination?
(a) Radical.
(b) Nationalist.
(c) Xenophobic.
(d) Moderate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sellers say James Madison's Republicanism emphasizes?

2. In what case was expansionism restrained?

3. How does Sellers say James Monroe responded to the expansionism in his government?

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

5. What was John Taylor an advocate of?

(see the answer key)

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