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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sellers say would be the result of expanding markets?
(a) Restricting the creation of wealth.
(b) Distribution of wealth.
(c) Concentration of wealth.
(d) Proletarian uprisings.

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

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

4. How long did the order that came out of the Jacksonian era last, according to Sellers?
(a) Until the Civil War.
(b) Until the Great War.
(c) Until the present.
(d) Until World War II.

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

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

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

8. Who gained power during the economic crash?
(a) Moderate Democrats.
(b) Conservative Republicans.
(c) Radical Republicans.
(d) Radical Democrats.

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

10. What factory work does Sellers say became much more efficient in Jackson's America?
(a) Cotton processing.
(b) Railroad manufacturing.
(c) Paper processing.
(d) Gun production.

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

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

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

14. What prevented Andrew Jackson's censure?
(a) His distance from Washington D.C.
(b) His losses in Missouri.
(c) His success in Florida.
(d) His popularity.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How were people feeling about slavery in the 1810s?

4. What does Sellers attribute Jackson's rise to?

5. Who did Andrew Jackson defeat for the democratic nomination?

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