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

2. How was the crisis that came from South Carolina's stance averted, according to Sellers?
(a) The military was called in.
(b) Tariffs were reduced.
(c) The Constitution was amended.
(d) Slavery was allowed to move into western territories.

3. What was the result of increasing demands on northern manufacturers, according to Sellers?
(a) Greater pressure to permit slavery to continue.
(b) Protectionism and subsidization.
(c) Lower tariffs and wider international trade.
(d) Military aggression against Spain in Florida.

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

5. What did the Supreme Court say with regard to Jackson's policy about the Indians in Georgia?
(a) They said the Indians were U.S. citizens.
(b) They said the Indians had to be removed.
(c) They gave Georgia freedom to deal with the Indians.
(d) They said federal law prevailed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did internal trade change between 1820 and 1850?

2. What did the Great Awakening move away from, according to Sellers?

3. How did the changes in the public school system affect American culture?

4. What theory of Sellers's is expounded in Chapter 8, Ethos vs. Eros?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What were the main parties reforming American religion, in Sellers's account?

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

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

6. What coalition formed to bring Jackson into power?

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

8. What is Sellers's argument about the role of sex in capitalism?

9. What steps did Bank Chairman Biddle take to prevail against Andrew Jackson?

10. Describe the beginning of the public school movement.

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