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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. Who succeeded James Monroe in the White House?

2. What ideology reigned in the National Bank of the U.S.?

3. What does Sellers say the growth of American wealth resulted in?

4. What faction became particularly powerful as a result of Republican policies?

5. What did the Supreme Court effectively decide, which helped expansionism?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who supported Thomas Jefferson's rise to power?

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

3. How did elites create a favorable environment for themselves, in Sellers's account?

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

5. What happened to debtors when the economy crashed, in Sellers's account?

6. What period does Sellers's book cover?

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

8. Describe the Missouri Compromise.

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

10. Where else beside New York did democratic opposition to Republicans succeed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What kind of history is The Market Revolution? What are the rules for this kind of history, and how does it differ from other kinds of history? Describe Sellers's temperament and values as a historian.

Essay Topic 2

How would this book be different if it were told from a woman's perspective or with a focus on women's issues? What is missing from Sellers's account of the market revolution in terms of women's issues?

Essay Topic 3

What were the southern arguments for preserving slavery? In what issues are these arguments still echoing today?

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