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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 contrast with the Unitarian movement?

2. What did Robert Owen advocate?

3. How was the crisis that came from South Carolina's stance averted, according to Sellers?

4. What is the side effect of economic stress, according to Sellers?

5. What does Sellers say the Great Awakening made possible?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Sellers's argument about the role of sex in capitalism?

2. What steps did Bank Chairman Biddle take to prevail against Andrew Jackson?

3. What was Jackson's plan for bringing stability to the economy?

4. What happened with the "Tariff of Abominations"?

5. What was the result of the abolition of the Federal Bank?

6. What forces took sides around slavery?

7. What does Sellers say was a factor that exacerbated male sexuality in the 1820s and 30s?

8. What were the main parties reforming American religion, in Sellers's account?

9. What coalition formed to bring Jackson into power?

10. What does Sellers say caused the religious transformation of the early 1800s in America?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence?

Essay Topic 3

Assess the value of the proposition that because Sellers's account largely ignores women's issues, the history is untrustworthy.

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