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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. What does Sellers say happened to debtors when the economic crashed?

2. What does Sellers say would be the result of expanding markets?

3. What step did the Speaker of the House take to expand the American market nationwide?

4. Where else beside New York did political parties accomplish revolutions?

5. Who does Sellers blame for the sense that things needed to be reformed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changes affected American society in the 1810s and 20s?

2. Describe the outcome of the election of 1824.

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

4. What historical developments disturbed the equality between Madisonian and Jeffersonian forces?

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

6. What was slavery's role in the development of democratic American capitalism?

7. How does Sellers characterize the period covered in The Market Revolution?

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

9. What does Sellers say about the spread of religion after the collapse of the market?

10. How did Andrew Jackson go about campaigning in the election of 1824, according to Sellers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Evaluate the contributions that came from states-rights factions during the market revolution. Did they make America a better place, or did they enslave it to entrenched local powers and unethical traditions like slavery?

Essay Topic 3

Evaluate the contributions that came from nationalist factions during the market revolution. Did they make America a better place, or did they enslave it to special interests and elites?

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