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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Hard Times, Hard Feelings, Hard Money.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were people feeling about slavery in the 1810s?
(a) It was on the verge of being outlawed.
(b) Slave traders were expecting the trade to expand.
(c) Proponents were on the verge of legalizing slavery in western territories.
(d) Opposition to it was growing.

2. According to Sellers, what changed the cost of labor, in Jackson's America?
(a) Population explosion.
(b) Territorial expansion.
(c) Democratization.
(d) Militarization.

3. Which direction does Sellers say John Story pushed Supreme Court jurisprudence?
(a) Toward Republicanism.
(b) Toward agrarianism.
(c) Toward laissez-faire capitalism.
(d) Toward American isolationism.

4. Whom did James Monroe replace in the White House?
(a) John Quincy Adams.
(b) James Madison.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Andrew Jackson.

5. Whom did Andrew Jackson oppose in battle?
(a) French Canadians.
(b) Spanish in Florida.
(c) Native Americans.
(d) Mexicans.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What kinds of positions does Sellers say became more rare in Jackson's America?

4. What was James Madison's effect on Thomas Jefferson's pro-land positions?

5. How did consumerism change as a result of the financial crash?

(see the answer key)

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