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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. Where did DeWitt Clinton come from?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) New York.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Virginia.

2. Who succeeded James Monroe in the White House?
(a) James Madison.
(b) Andrew Jackson.
(c) John Quincy Adams.
(d) Henry Clay.

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

4. What does Sellers say the original economic conflict took place between in America?
(a) Land and market.
(b) Indigene and immigrant.
(c) Farmer and manufacturer.
(d) Market and currency.

5. Who revolted against the New York Republican power structure?
(a) Martin Van Buren.
(b) John Taylor.
(c) Henry Clay.
(d) Andrew Jackson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did new politicians do to come into power?

3. According to Sellers, what changed the cost of labor, in Jackson's America?

4. What force does Sellers say created political pressure from the South?

5. What effect did the cost of labor have on capitalism, according to Sellers?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What period does Sellers's book cover?

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

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

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

8. How did American politics change as a result of the economic crash?

9. Why was a paper money economy proposed, and what was its effect on American culture?

10. What changes affected American society in the 1810s and 20s?

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