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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) Slave traders were expecting the trade to expand.
(b) Proponents were on the verge of legalizing slavery in western territories.
(c) Opposition to it was growing.
(d) It was on the verge of being outlawed.

2. What does Sellers say the Northern interests pushed for?
(a) The Brooklyn Bridge.
(b) Dredging the Mississippi.
(c) The Erie Canal.
(d) Charting the Louisiana Purchase.

3. Who succeeded James Monroe in the White House?
(a) James Madison.
(b) Andrew Jackson.
(c) Henry Clay.
(d) John Quincy Adams.

4. What kinds of positions does Sellers say became more rare in Jackson's America?
(a) Unskilled labor positions.
(b) Management positions.
(c) Mercantile positions.
(d) Apprenticeship positions.

5. What does Sellers say happened to new workers in Jackson's America?
(a) They were sent back to Europe.
(b) They moved west.
(c) They were "deskilled."
(d) They were organized in unions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Andrew Jackson censured under John Quincy Adams?

2. What does Sellers say was the result of the economic crash?

3. Who will suffer with expanding markets?

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

5. Who were the Bucktails opposed to in New York?

(see the answer key)

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