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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did families change in the economic hard times?

2. Who would normally have prevented economic revolution from changing people's lives?

3. Who were the Bucktails opposed to in New York?

4. In what case was expansionism restrained?

5. Who did the public feel hostility toward, according to Sellers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What period does Sellers's book cover?

2. What was John Calhoun's role in the development of American capitalism?

3. What was the difference between Thomas Jefferson and James Madison?

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

5. Describe the Missouri Compromise.

6. What came out of the period Sellers covers?

7. What happened when Andrew Jackson intervened against Spanish Florida?

8. What were conditions like at the beginning of the period Sellers covers?

9. What was James Monroe's role in the development of American capitalism?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate the value of a central federal bank, as evidenced by the events Sellers describes in The Market Revolution. What are the advantages and disadvantages? Would you argue in favor of or against a Federal Bank?

Essay Topic 2

Argue for or against the statement that times were better in the 1830s than they are now. Support your argument with specific instances from the book and also from the present moment.

Essay Topic 3

Compare the election of Andrew Jackson and the election of Barack Obama. How was the country in a similar place in 1828 and 2008? How were the situations different?

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