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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 was nicknamed Old Hickory?
(a) John Adams.
(b) John Quincy Adams.
(c) Andrew Jackson.
(d) James Monroe.

2. What did the First Bank of the United States do to the economy?
(a) Devalue currency.
(b) Regulate markets.
(c) Increase the amount of currency.
(d) Tighten credit.

3. What group did northern capitalists exploit, in Sellers's account?
(a) Germans.
(b) Hispanics.
(c) Blacks.
(d) Irish.

4. What stance did John Calhoun take after Andrew Jackson was elected?
(a) From pro-business to pro-regulation.
(b) From nationalism to pro-slavery localism.
(c) From pro-slavery to anti-slavery.
(d) From regionalism to nationalism.

5. When did zeal for reform reach the lower classes, in Sellers's account?
(a) Early 1820s.
(b) Late 1820s.
(c) 1830s.
(d) Mid 1820s.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Southerners see labor, according to Sellers?

2. Who would normally have prevented economic revolution from changing people's lives?

3. Whom did James Monroe replace in the White House?

4. Where did DeWitt Clinton come from?

5. How did the Second Great Awakening affect Jackson's America, according to Sellers?

(see the answer key)

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