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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. How did things change for political elites, according to Sellers?
(a) They paid higher taxes.
(b) They were pilloried.
(c) Their property was nationalized.
(d) They faced new regulations.

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

3. Who was nicknamed Old Hickory?
(a) James Monroe.
(b) Andrew Jackson.
(c) John Adams.
(d) John Quincy Adams.

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

5. Where else beside New York did political parties accomplish revolutions?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did DeWitt Clinton come from?

3. How does Sellers say the Republican pro-market forces counteracted anti-market forces?

4. How does Sellers characterize labor in Jackson's America?

5. What led to the expansion of trade routes, according to Sellers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Supreme Court's role in the development of American capitalism?

2. Where did support for Andrew Jackson come from, in Sellers's account?

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

4. Describe the Missouri Compromise.

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

6. What were conditions like at the beginning of the period Sellers covers?

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

8. What does Sellers say about the spread of religion after the collapse of the market?

9. What was the Republican strategy for the election of 1824?

10. What happened to the momentum Thomas Jefferson brought into office?

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