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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sellers say the Supreme Court used its power?
(a) Protecting individuals.
(b) Reducing the power of the legislature.
(c) Protecting corporations.
(d) Striking down state laws.

2. How does Sellers describe America at the beginning of the Jacksonian era?
(a) Growth of corporations with cheap labor.
(b) Powerful landholders controlled cheap labor.
(c) Equilibrium between landholders and workers.
(d) Exploitation of workers by corporations.

3. How does Sellers describe the Republicanism of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison?
(a) Extreme.
(b) Committed.
(c) Ambiguous.
(d) Literate.

4. What did the Supreme Court effectively decide, which helped expansionism?
(a) States rights.
(b) Federal supremacy over the states.
(c) Institutionalization of laissez-faire capitalism.
(d) Unconstitutionality of regulation.

5. What led to the expansion of trade routes, according to Sellers?
(a) Fewer pirates.
(b) Larger markets.
(c) Improved ships.
(d) Faster production times.

Short Answer Questions

1. What faction found favor after James Monroe's presidency?

2. What did the First Bank of the United States do to the economy?

3. What did John Calhoun support?

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

5. On what topic does Sellers say James Madison agreed with Thomas Jefferson?

(see the answer key)

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