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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) Proletarian uprisings.
(b) Restricting the creation of wealth.
(c) Distribution of wealth.
(d) Concentration of wealth.

2. When did the Jackson administration end?
(a) 1848.
(b) 1837.
(c) 1827.
(d) 1833.

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

4. What kinds of positions does Sellers say became more rare in Jackson's America?
(a) Management positions.
(b) Mercantile positions.
(c) Apprenticeship positions.
(d) Unskilled labor positions.

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

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

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

8. What was James Madison's effect on Thomas Jefferson's pro-land positions?
(a) Tempered them with markets.
(b) Protected them with regulations.
(c) Exacerbated them with tariffs.
(d) Expanded them with incentives.

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

10. Who will suffer with expanding markets?
(a) Investors.
(b) Landowners.
(c) Politicians.
(d) Manufacturers.

11. Which direction does Sellers say John Story pushed Supreme Court jurisprudence?
(a) Toward agrarianism.
(b) Toward laissez-faire capitalism.
(c) Toward American isolationism.
(d) Toward Republicanism.

12. What does Sellers say the growth of American wealth resulted in?
(a) America as a world power.
(b) America as a technological leader.
(c) America as an agricultural nation.
(d) America as a business-friendly government.

13. How does Sellers say the Republican pro-market forces counteracted anti-market forces?
(a) By making compromises with them.
(b) By buying or suppressing their votes.
(c) By rigging elections against their candidates.
(d) By getting them to support Republicans.

14. How did the Second Great Awakening affect Jackson's America, according to Sellers?
(a) Stronger Catholicism.
(b) Harsher penalties for witchcraft.
(c) Wider array of pagan religions.
(d) Stronger Protestantism.

15. What faction found favor after James Monroe's presidency?
(a) Slave owners.
(b) Merchants.
(c) New York commercial interests.
(d) Manufacturers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the condition of the U.S. in Jackson's time?

3. To what does Sellers attribute the rise in democratic sentiment?

4. How does Sellers characterize the ethic Jackson got from his family?

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

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