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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Politicians.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened that workers began to unionize in the north?
(a) Tariffs lowered the costs of production, driving wages down.
(b) Immigrants threatened to provide cheaper labor.
(c) Working conditions declined.
(d) Wages did not rise as fast as capitalists' fortunes.

2. Who does Sellers say will subvert democratic sentiment if markets expand?
(a) Cotton producers.
(b) Manufacturers.
(c) Career politicians.
(d) Elite lawyers.

3. When does Sellers date the beginning of the Jacksonian era?
(a) 1832.
(b) 1812.
(c) 1824.
(d) 1828.

4. What was the result of increasing demands on northern manufacturers, according to Sellers?
(a) Military aggression against Spain in Florida.
(b) Greater pressure to permit slavery to continue.
(c) Lower tariffs and wider international trade.
(d) Protectionism and subsidization.

5. What theory of Sellers's is expounded in Chapter 8, Ethos vs. Eros?
(a) That capitalism is driven by repressed sexual energy.
(b) That capitalism liberates sexual energy.
(c) That capitalism leads to social repression.
(d) That capitalism thrives in repressive cultures.

Short Answer Questions

1. What policy did Monroe continue, according to Sellers?

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

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

4. Which group was on the decline by the time Monroe became president?

5. How does Sellers characterize Jackson?

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