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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 does Sellers characterize Jackson?
2. What does Sellers say the growth of American wealth resulted in?
3. Who does Sellers say Jackson came to be sympathetic with after the Panic of 1819?
4. Who was nicknamed Old Hickory?
5. When does Sellers date the beginning of the Jacksonian era?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happened when Andrew Jackson intervened against Spanish Florida?
2. What was the democratic stance on the money supply, as the Democrats started to come into opposition to the Republicans?
3. Describe the outcome of the election of 1824.
4. What changes affected American society in the 1810s and 20s?
5. What was the Republican strategy for the election of 1824?
6. How did American politics change as a result of the economic crash?
7. What was James Monroe's role in the development of American capitalism?
8. Describe the Missouri Compromise.
9. How does Sellers characterize the period covered in The Market Revolution?
10. What was the Supreme Court's role in the development of American capitalism?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Assess the statement that all history is properly biography. To what extent is the action described in The Market Revolution the sum of individual actions? To what extent is it the result of some other entity, such as classes, parties, economies, or "spirits" like Hegel's World Spirit?
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