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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does Sellers describe the Republicanism of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison?
(a) Literate.
(b) Extreme.
(c) Ambiguous.
(d) Committed.

4. What happened to Jackson during the panic of 1819?
(a) He lost a lot of money.
(b) His family lost their estate.
(c) He made a lot of money.
(d) He bought a larger house.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Speaker of the House under James Monroe advocate?

2. Who succeeded James Monroe in the White House?

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

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

5. What step did the Speaker of the House take to expand the American market nationwide?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did elites create a favorable environment for themselves, in Sellers's account?

2. What period does Sellers's book cover?

3. What role did religion play in the transformation of American culture, in Sellers's account?

4. Describe the Missouri Compromise.

5. What historical developments disturbed the equality between Madisonian and Jeffersonian forces?

6. What came out of the period Sellers covers?

7. Describe the outcome of the election of 1824.

8. What was John Calhoun's role in the development of American capitalism?

9. What was John Quincy Adams's role in the development of American capitalism?

10. What was James Monroe's role in the development of American capitalism?

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