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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 was the condition of the U.S. in Jackson's time?
(a) Mostly settled territory.
(b) Mostly open territory.
(c) Mostly Eastern seaboard territory.
(d) Mostly agricultural territory.

2. What did the Supreme Court effectively decide, which helped expansionism?
(a) Institutionalization of laissez-faire capitalism.
(b) Federal supremacy over the states.
(c) Unconstitutionality of regulation.
(d) States rights.

3. Who became Speaker of the House under James Monroe?
(a) Andrew Jackson.
(b) James Madison.
(c) John Quincy Adams.
(d) Henry Clay.

4. How does Sellers describe the Republicanism of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison?
(a) Committed.
(b) Extreme.
(c) Ambiguous.
(d) Literate.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Sellers characterize labor in Jackson's America?

3. What faction became particularly powerful as a result of Republican policies?

4. What was making the problem of male sexual liberation more difficult, in Sellers's account?

5. In what case was expansionism restrained?

(see the answer key)

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