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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 Americans reproduced in Jackson's America?
(a) Slowly.
(b) Steadily.
(c) Deliberately.
(d) Quickly.
2. Who were the Bucktails opposed to in New York?
(a) The Republican establishment.
(b) The democratic elites.
(c) The federal government.
(d) Southern manufacturers.
3. How was the question of slavery's expansion into Missouri cast?
(a) As a cultural fight to the death.
(b) As a fight over states' rights.
(c) As an economic issue.
(d) As a human rights issue.
4. What was James Madison's effect on Thomas Jefferson's pro-land positions?
(a) Tempered them with markets.
(b) Expanded them with incentives.
(c) Exacerbated them with tariffs.
(d) Protected them with regulations.
5. What does Sellers say Thomas Jefferson's Republicanism emphasizes?
(a) Isolationism.
(b) Engagement.
(c) Free trade.
(d) Equal distribution of wealth.
6. How does Sellers describe the composition of the democratic field when Andrew Jackson was running for the democratic nomination?
(a) Moderate.
(b) Nationalist.
(c) Radical.
(d) Xenophobic.
7. How did liberal Democrats view Republican use of paper currency?
(a) They felt the Republicans were using it to bolster their institutions.
(b) They felt they were gaining an advantage in financial transactions with farmers.
(c) They felt they were creating too conservative a fiscal policy, which would stifle growth.
(d) They felt they were destabilizing the rates for commodities with speculation.
8. How does Sellers characterize Jackson?
(a) Anti-intellectual rabble-rouser.
(b) Conservative bureaucrat.
(c) Ardent nationalist.
(d) Devoted regionalist.
9. Who pressed for the First Bank of the United States?
(a) New York commercial interests.
(b) Southern agriculturalists.
(c) Western railroads.
(d) Northern manufacturers.
10. How does Sellers describe the Republicanism of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison?
(a) Literate.
(b) Ambiguous.
(c) Committed.
(d) Extreme.
11. 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.
12. What does Sellers say happened to new workers in Jackson's America?
(a) They moved west.
(b) They were sent back to Europe.
(c) They were organized in unions.
(d) They were "deskilled."
13. Who was nicknamed Old Hickory?
(a) John Quincy Adams.
(b) John Adams.
(c) Andrew Jackson.
(d) James Monroe.
14. What direction does Sellers say the political parties moved in as a result of the 1810 economic crash?
(a) Regionalism.
(b) Sectarianism.
(c) Nationalism.
(d) Pacifism.
15. When did the Jackson administration end?
(a) 1827.
(b) 1837.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1833.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who became Speaker of the House under James Monroe?
2. What faction found favor after James Monroe's presidency?
3. Whom did James Monroe replace in the White House?
4. What was John Taylor's role in the reforms of 1810?
5. Who would normally have prevented economic revolution from changing people's lives?
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