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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 stability.
(c) The people's desire for peace.
(d) The people's desire for western expansion.

2. Who did the public feel hostility toward, according to Sellers?
(a) Elites.
(b) Immigrants.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Foreigners.

3. Whom did Andrew Jackson oppose in battle?
(a) French Canadians.
(b) Native Americans.
(c) Spanish in Florida.
(d) Mexicans.

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

5. Where was Andrew Jackson nominated for President?
(a) Florida.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Tennessee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which direction does Sellers say John Story pushed Supreme Court jurisprudence?

2. Who does Sellers say Jackson came to be sympathetic with after the Panic of 1819?

3. What was John Taylor's role in the reforms of 1810?

4. What does Sellers say James Madison's Republicanism emphasizes?

5. When does Sellers date the beginning of the Jacksonian era?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Sellers characterize the period covered in The Market Revolution?

4. What was the difference between Thomas Jefferson and James Madison?

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

6. What was Martin Van Buren's importance in opposing the Republican party?

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

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

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

10. What happened when Andrew Jackson intervened against Spanish Florida?

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