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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sellers say the Supreme Court used its power?
(a) Striking down state laws.
(b) Protecting individuals.
(c) Protecting corporations.
(d) Reducing the power of the legislature.

2. Where else beside New York did political parties accomplish revolutions?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Ohio.

3. What was John Taylor an advocate of?
(a) Federal oversight.
(b) States rights.
(c) Reforming banking corruption.
(d) Paper money.

4. Who revolted against the New York Republican power structure?
(a) John Taylor.
(b) Henry Clay.
(c) Martin Van Buren.
(d) Andrew Jackson.

5. What does Sellers say was the result of the economic crash?
(a) A period of inflation.
(b) A bountiful period.
(c) A period of reinvestment.
(d) A period of austerity.

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

7. How does Sellers describe the Republicanism of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison?
(a) Extreme.
(b) Literate.
(c) Ambiguous.
(d) Committed.

8. How did things change for political elites, according to Sellers?
(a) They were pilloried.
(b) Their property was nationalized.
(c) They paid higher taxes.
(d) They faced new regulations.

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

10. Where was Andrew Jackson nominated for President?
(a) Florida.
(b) Missouri.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Kentucky.

11. What resulted from the changes that took place under Jackson?
(a) Our modern liberal democratic state.
(b) A neo-feudalist militaristic state.
(c) A repressive socialist regime.
(d) A confederation of independent states.

12. Who brought Thomas Jefferson to power?
(a) Capitalist merchants.
(b) Freed slaves.
(c) Factory owners and investors.
(d) Anti-commercial landowners.

13. When does Sellers date the beginning of the Jacksonian era?
(a) 1824.
(b) 1832.
(c) 1812.
(d) 1828.

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

15. Whom did Andrew Jackson oppose in battle?
(a) French Canadians.
(b) Mexicans.
(c) Spanish in Florida.
(d) Native Americans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Sellers say will subvert democratic sentiment if markets expand?

2. In what case was expansionism restrained?

3. How was the question of slavery's expansion into Missouri cast?

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

5. What policy did Monroe continue, according to Sellers?

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