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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who felt threatened by the market revolution, according to Sellers?
(a) Big merchants.
(b) Investors.
(c) Commercial groups.
(d) Large landholders.

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

3. What did the First Bank of the United States do to the economy?
(a) Regulate markets.
(b) Devalue currency.
(c) Increase the amount of currency.
(d) Tighten credit.

4. How does Sellers describe the composition of the democratic field when Andrew Jackson was running for the democratic nomination?
(a) Xenophobic.
(b) Nationalist.
(c) Radical.
(d) Moderate.

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

6. To what does Sellers attribute the rise in democratic sentiment?
(a) The people's desire for western expansion.
(b) The people's desire for peace.
(c) The people's desire for cheaper goods.
(d) The people's desire for stability.

7. How did the Republicans plan to stay in power, according to Sellers?
(a) By setting the people against the elite bankers.
(b) By pitting the farmers and planters against each other.
(c) By promising to raise tariffs.
(d) By uniting farmers and planters.

8. What does Sellers say Jackson learned from his mother as a child?
(a) Do the right thing.
(b) Never tell a lie.
(c) Get ahead.
(d) Defend yourself.

9. How did consumerism change as a result of the financial crash?
(a) Focus on cheap goods.
(b) Focus on sheer survival.
(c) Focus on imports.
(d) Focus on home-made crafts.

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

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

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

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

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

15. According to Sellers, what changed the cost of labor, in Jackson's America?
(a) Territorial expansion.
(b) Democratization.
(c) Militarization.
(d) Population explosion.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the first event of 1810 Sellers describes?

4. What sphere did NOT change under Jackson, according to Sellers?

5. On what topic does Sellers say James Madison agreed with Thomas Jefferson?

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