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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 became Speaker of the House under James Monroe?

2. Who will suffer with expanding markets?

3. What does Sellers say Thomas Jefferson's Republicanism emphasizes?

4. Which direction does Sellers say John Story pushed Supreme Court jurisprudence?

5. Who pressed for the First Bank of the United States?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What period does Sellers's book cover?

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

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

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

8. Describe the Missouri Compromise.

9. What was the result of America's expansion, in Sellers's account?

10. What was Henry Clay's role in the development of American capitalism?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Where would you fall on the political spectrum during the market revolution? Whose policies would you have supported, and why, and how would you have mitigated the consequences of those policies? How would you have tried to create a different outcome?

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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