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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, The Great Contradiction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the result of the cotton industry's expansion?
(a) Lower prices for slaves.
(b) More unrest in northern factories.
(c) Lower prices for finished cotton goods.
(d) Lower wages for wage laborers.

2. What became clear as liberal capitalist ideology began to define itself?
(a) The economy could not live with slavery.
(b) Capitalism was incompatible with slavery.
(c) Slavery was a peculiar institution with a life of its own.
(d) Abolition would destroy the country.

3. How does Sellers compare James Madison to Thomas Jefferson?
(a) Less business friendly.
(b) More protectionist.
(c) More market-oriented.
(d) More isolationist.

4. How many votes did Andrew Jackson win the runoff by?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Twelve.
(c) One.
(d) Thirty-two.

5. What was Jackson's position before entering politics?
(a) Admiral.
(b) General.
(c) Merchant.
(d) Professor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does capitalism result in, according to Sellers?

3. What does Sellers say is the appropriate outlet for the sexual forces liberated in masturbation?

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

5. What was the liberal capitalist morality like, which Sellers says was offended?

(see the answer key)

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