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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. Whom did James Monroe replace in the White House?
(a) Andrew Jackson.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) James Madison.
(d) John Quincy Adams.

2. What faction became particularly powerful as a result of Republican policies?
(a) Northern manufacturers.
(b) Western railroads.
(c) Southern agriculturalists.
(d) New York commercial interests.

3. How were people feeling about slavery in the 1810s?
(a) Proponents were on the verge of legalizing slavery in western territories.
(b) Slave traders were expecting the trade to expand.
(c) It was on the verge of being outlawed.
(d) Opposition to it was growing.

4. Which group was on the decline by the time Monroe became president?
(a) Investors.
(b) Merchants.
(c) Farmers.
(d) Manufacturers.

5. How does Sellers say the Supreme Court used its power?
(a) Protecting individuals.
(b) Reducing the power of the legislature.
(c) Protecting corporations.
(d) Striking down state laws.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Sellers describe the composition of the democratic field when Andrew Jackson was running for the democratic nomination?

3. Who succeeded James Monroe in the White House?

4. What did the First Bank of the United States do to the economy?

5. What ideology reigned in the National Bank of the U.S.?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the outcome of the election of 1824.

2. What was slavery's role in the development of democratic American capitalism?

3. How did Andrew Jackson go about campaigning in the election of 1824, according to Sellers?

4. What was Henry Clay's role in the development of American capitalism?

5. What was the result of America's expansion, in Sellers's account?

6. What happened to debtors when the economy crashed, in Sellers's account?

7. Describe the Missouri Compromise.

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

9. Who supported Thomas Jefferson's rise to power?

10. What was the democratic stance on the money supply, as the Democrats started to come into opposition to the Republicans?

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