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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. How does Sellers characterize the ethic Jackson got from his family?
(a) Religious.
(b) Patriarchal.
(c) Sentimental.
(d) Matriarchal.

2. How were people feeling about slavery in the 1810s?
(a) Opposition to it was growing.
(b) It was on the verge of being outlawed.
(c) Proponents were on the verge of legalizing slavery in western territories.
(d) Slave traders were expecting the trade to expand.

3. How does Sellers say Americans reproduced in Jackson's America?
(a) Deliberately.
(b) Quickly.
(c) Slowly.
(d) Steadily.

4. How was the crisis that came from South Carolina's stance averted, according to Sellers?
(a) The Constitution was amended.
(b) Slavery was allowed to move into western territories.
(c) The military was called in.
(d) Tariffs were reduced.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did reformers look for a model of how society could be?

3. How does Sellers compare James Madison to Thomas Jefferson?

4. What did the Supreme Court effectively decide, which helped expansionism?

5. What was the result of Polk's compromise with free-soil Democrats?

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