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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what case was expansionism restrained?
(a) Into Canada.
(b) Into Mexico.
(c) Native Americans.
(d) Into Florida.

2. What sphere did NOT change under Jackson, according to Sellers?
(a) Economic.
(b) Religious.
(c) Linguistic.
(d) Political.

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

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

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

6. What does Sellers say happened to debtors when the economic crashed?
(a) They were able to buy land extremely cheap.
(b) They lost their fortunes.
(c) They were overwhelmed by depreciating currency.
(d) They were left with worthless promissory notes.

7. What did the Supreme Court effectively decide, which helped expansionism?
(a) Federal supremacy over the states.
(b) Unconstitutionality of regulation.
(c) States rights.
(d) Institutionalization of laissez-faire capitalism.

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

9. What is the first event of 1810 Sellers describes?
(a) The rise of abolitionism.
(b) The concentration of political power in democratic states.
(c) The collapse of the Republican power structure.
(d) The concentration of wealth in elite hands.

10. What did new politicians do to come into power?
(a) Attack merchants.
(b) Attack the banks.
(c) Attack Britain.
(d) Attack France.

11. Who would normally have prevented economic revolution from changing people's lives?
(a) The people.
(b) Slaves.
(c) The government.
(d) The manufacturers.

12. Who were the Bucktails opposed to in New York?
(a) The democratic elites.
(b) The federal government.
(c) The Republican establishment.
(d) Southern manufacturers.

13. What step did the Speaker of the House take to expand the American market nationwide?
(a) Subsidies for the heartland.
(b) Tighten immigration restrictions.
(c) Incentives for railroad developers.
(d) Light tariffs on imported goods.

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

15. What does Sellers attribute Jackson's rise to?
(a) Expansionism.
(b) Utopianism.
(c) Economic disaffection.
(d) Militarism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sellers say the growth of American wealth resulted in?

2. What does Sellers say would be the result of expanding markets?

3. Whom did James Monroe replace in the White House?

4. Why was Andrew Jackson censured under John Quincy Adams?

5. What does Sellers say James Madison's Republicanism emphasizes?

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