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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What led to the expansion of trade routes, according to Sellers?
(a) Fewer pirates.
(b) Improved ships.
(c) Faster production times.
(d) Larger markets.

2. What does Sellers say James Madison's Republicanism emphasizes?
(a) Urbanization.
(b) Free markets.
(c) Strong central government.
(d) Expansionism.

3. Which direction does Sellers say John Story pushed Supreme Court jurisprudence?
(a) Toward American isolationism.
(b) Toward laissez-faire capitalism.
(c) Toward Republicanism.
(d) Toward agrarianism.

4. What force does Sellers say created political pressure from the South?
(a) Elite investors.
(b) Railroads.
(c) Manufacturers.
(d) Cotton industry.

5. What does Sellers say happened to farmers during the economic crash?
(a) They had to pay cash wages for labor they used to get simply for room and board.
(b) They lost money in speculation and were sucked into the market.
(c) They sold their farms and moved their families to the cities.
(d) They could not afford the costs of raising their crops.

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

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

8. What faction became particularly powerful as a result of Republican policies?
(a) Western railroads.
(b) Northern manufacturers.
(c) Southern agriculturalists.
(d) New York commercial interests.

9. What was DeWitt Clinton's role in the Republican party?
(a) Populist leader.
(b) Opposition candidate.
(c) Party kingmaker.
(d) Standard-bearer.

10. What effect did the cost of labor have on capitalism, according to Sellers?
(a) Fostered the organization of corporations.
(b) Prevented organization of corporations.
(c) Prevented the consolidation of profits.
(d) Distributed profits.

11. What direction does Sellers say the political parties moved in as a result of the 1810 economic crash?
(a) Pacifism.
(b) Regionalism.
(c) Sectarianism.
(d) Nationalism.

12. What did the Speaker of the House under James Monroe advocate?
(a) Tariffs.
(b) Free trade.
(c) Regulation.
(d) Tight credit supply.

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

14. Which interests did the Speaker of the House want to strength?
(a) Manufacturing.
(b) Agriculture.
(c) Mercantile.
(d) Financial.

15. What did the Bucktails accomplish in their revolt in New York?
(a) Relief from federally mandated tariffs.
(b) A more radical party.
(c) A democratically managed party.
(d) Reforms on the Supreme Court.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Jackson's position before entering politics?

2. How did families change in the economic hard times?

3. What aspect of slavery offended liberal capitalist bourgeois morality, in Sellers' account?

4. What kind of political picture did Jefferson's Democratic-Republicans espouse?

5. To what does Sellers attribute the rise in democratic sentiment?

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