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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. Who were the Bucktails opposed to in New York?
(a) The democratic elites.
(b) The Republican establishment.
(c) The federal government.
(d) Southern manufacturers.

2. What did John Calhoun support?
(a) Equal distribution of wealth.
(b) Free trade.
(c) Infrastructural expansion.
(d) States' rights.

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

4. What balance did the U.S. strike with the formation of a two-party system?
(a) Between hard currency and paper money.
(b) Between modern campaigning and grass-roots politicking.
(c) Between pro-slavery and abolition.
(d) Between capitalism and democracy.

5. Who revolted against the New York Republican power structure?
(a) John Taylor.
(b) Henry Clay.
(c) Andrew Jackson.
(d) Martin Van Buren.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What benefited from the emotional effects of economic stress in 1819?

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

5. What did the Speaker of the House under James Monroe advocate?

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