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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Ambiguous Democracy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did the order that came out of the Jacksonian era last, according to Sellers?
(a) Until the present.
(b) Until the Civil War.
(c) Until World War II.
(d) Until the Great War.

2. Who brought Thomas Jefferson to power?
(a) Anti-commercial landowners.
(b) Capitalist merchants.
(c) Factory owners and investors.
(d) Freed slaves.

3. What was the purpose of Biddle's action?
(a) To spur industrial activity.
(b) To make a lot of money for his investor friends.
(c) To send the economy into a tailspin.
(d) To boost the economy before elections.

4. Who would normally have prevented economic revolution from changing people's lives?
(a) The manufacturers.
(b) The government.
(c) Slaves.
(d) The people.

5. What effect did the cost of labor have on capitalism, according to Sellers?
(a) Prevented organization of corporations.
(b) Fostered the organization of corporations.
(c) Distributed profits.
(d) Prevented the consolidation of profits.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sellers situate Jonathan Edwards and Samuel Hopkins?

2. What does Sellers say the original economic conflict took place between in America?

3. How did Biddle ultimately make sure the Federal Bank would die, in Sellers's account?

4. What does Sellers say Mormonism resulted from?

5. How does Sellers say Americans reproduced in Jackson's America?

(see the answer key)

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