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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 does Sellers say the Great Awakening made possible?
(a) Class warfare in the early twentieth century.
(b) Modern capitalist ethos.
(c) The Great War.
(d) The Civil War.

2. What did Polk do to American territory during his presidency?
(a) Settle the mid-west.
(b) Expand into Florida.
(c) Expand into Oregon.
(d) Institute national parks.

3. What was the result of Polk's compromise with free-soil Democrats?
(a) Fragmentation of the political spectrum between economic and moral issues.
(b) Unification of anti-slavery parties.
(c) Violent resistance to abolition in the South.
(d) Democratic split over slavery.

4. Where did DeWitt Clinton come from?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) New York.

5. How does Sellers say James Monroe responded to the expansionism in his government?
(a) Wholehearted enthusiasm.
(b) Waffling support.
(c) Strong opposition.
(d) Mild trepidations.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what grounds were people opposed to public schools?

2. What did the Great Awakening move away from, according to Sellers?

3. What kinds of positions does Sellers say became more rare in Jackson's America?

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

5. What was the benefit for which the country was suffering inflation, monetary instability, debt, and the boom-bust cycle?

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