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

2. What kind of eschatology did Jonathan Edwards and Samuel Hopkins preach?
(a) The millennium-long rule of Christ would begin gradually.
(b) Judgment day was imminent.
(c) A new utopia was near at hand.
(d) The world would be destroyed for mankind's sins.

3. Why did pre-marital sex have to be restricted?
(a) To keep marriage sacred.
(b) To keep women married.
(c) To keep women pure.
(d) To keep men obedient.

4. What was the major issue that raised tensions in advance of the 1828 election?
(a) Slavery.
(b) Tariffs.
(c) Isolationism.
(d) The deficit.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who delivered this result for the northern manufacturers?

2. Who does Sellers say found New Light theology too radical?

3. What balance did the U.S. strike with the formation of a two-party system?

4. What does Sellers say Mormonism resulted from?

5. What did crusaders NOT campaign for after the economic stress of 1819?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe the beginning of the public school movement.

7. What coalition formed to bring Jackson into power?

8. What balance does Sellers describe the country having struck during Jackson's administration?

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

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

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