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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 does Sellers situate Jonathan Edwards and Samuel Hopkins?
(a) Between antinomians and Unitarians.
(b) On the more conservative side of the Unitarians.
(c) On the more radical side of the antinomians.
(d) Closer to Baptists than Unitarians.

2. What stance did John Calhoun take after Andrew Jackson was elected?
(a) From regionalism to nationalism.
(b) From nationalism to pro-slavery localism.
(c) From pro-slavery to anti-slavery.
(d) From pro-business to pro-regulation.

3. What is the side effect of economic stress, according to Sellers?
(a) Social mobility.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Emotional repression.
(d) Profitability.

4. Who was Biddle?
(a) Speaker of the House.
(b) Chairman of the Federal Bank.
(c) Secretary of Defense.
(d) Republican Whip.

5. What is the only way to cope the with economic stress of the market, according to Sellers?
(a) Return to a pastoral place as often as possible.
(b) Invent labor-saving devices to allow more free time.
(c) Internalize unhealthy coping mechanisms.
(d) Invest in the companies that make capitalism work for you.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does capitalism result in, according to Sellers?

2. What did Charles Finney try to do?

3. How did Andrew Jackson change his stance with regard to the Indian removal issue in Georgia?

4. What did the Supreme Court say with regard to Jackson's policy about the Indians in Georgia?

5. What avenue did the Moderate Light use for pushing its agenda?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened with the "Tariff of Abominations"?

2. What was the states' rights issue in Georgia, and how was it resolved?

3. What were women's roles in the religious transformation of American culture?

4. What does Sellers say caused the religious transformation of the early 1800s in America?

5. What coalition formed to bring Jackson into power?

6. What was Jackson's plan for bringing stability to the economy?

7. What was Andrew Jackson's relationship with the Federal Bank?

8. Describe the formation of Jackson's cabinet.

9. What did the Second Great Awakening reform in addition to sex?

10. How were the reform movements applied across the classes? Were they applied to all classes equally?

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