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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Ambiguous Democracy.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What factory work does Sellers say became much more efficient in Jackson's America?
(a) Cotton processing.
(b) Railroad manufacturing.
(c) Gun production.
(d) Paper processing.

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

4. What does Sellers attribute Jackson's rise to?
(a) Utopianism.
(b) Expansionism.
(c) Economic disaffection.
(d) Militarism.

5. What sphere did NOT change under Jackson, according to Sellers?
(a) Religious.
(b) Political.
(c) Linguistic.
(d) Economic.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sellers say Americans reproduced in Jackson's America?

2. What did the Bucktails accomplish in their revolt in New York?

3. What does Sellers say Mormonism resulted from?

4. How did things change for political elites, according to Sellers?

5. What was James Madison's effect on Thomas Jefferson's pro-land positions?

(see the answer key)

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