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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 Southerners see labor, according to Sellers?
(a) As beneath them.
(b) As the foundation for nationalism.
(c) As God's work.
(d) As the engine of regional strength.

2. How did Andrew Jackson change his stance with regard to the Indian removal issue in Georgia?
(a) He allowed the military to act on its own.
(b) He insisted on federal coordination of policies.
(c) He backed states' rights.
(d) He insisted on the federal government's primacy.

3. What condition was the South in by the mid-1820s?
(a) Industrial capitalist.
(b) Wilderness.
(c) Pre-capitalist.
(d) Socialist.

4. Who led South Carolina in opposition to Jackson and Martin Van Buren?
(a) James Monroe.
(b) John Calhoun.
(c) Sam Houston.
(d) Henry Clay.

5. What does Sellers say was replacing agriculture in the U.S.?
(a) Media and entertainment.
(b) Factory work.
(c) Commerce and transportation.
(d) Slavery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these was NOT a problem Andrew Jackson saw in the National Bank?

2. Who was Biddle?

3. What step did the Treasury Department take after the economy started to react to the abolition of the Federal Bank?

4. What did Jackson think would bring financial stability back?

5. What party's decay led to the formation of the Whigs?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did a particular movement ignite the mass democratic sentiment in 1828, according to Sellers?

2. What does Sellers say was a factor that exacerbated male sexuality in the 1820s and 30s?

3. What coalition formed to bring Jackson into power?

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

5. What was the result of the abolition of the Federal Bank?

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

7. What was Jonathan Edwards's role in the reformation of Christianity in America?

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

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

10. Describe the beginning of the public school movement.

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