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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How was the question of slavery's expansion into Missouri cast?
(a) As a cultural fight to the death.
(b) As a human rights issue.
(c) As a fight over states' rights.
(d) As an economic issue.

4. How does Sellers compare James Madison to Thomas Jefferson?
(a) More market-oriented.
(b) Less business friendly.
(c) More isolationist.
(d) More protectionist.

5. What factory work does Sellers say became much more efficient in Jackson's America?
(a) Gun production.
(b) Railroad manufacturing.
(c) Cotton processing.
(d) Paper processing.

6. What sphere did NOT change under Jackson, according to Sellers?
(a) Economic.
(b) Linguistic.
(c) Political.
(d) Religious.

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

8. What resulted from the changes that took place under Jackson?
(a) A confederation of independent states.
(b) Our modern liberal democratic state.
(c) A neo-feudalist militaristic state.
(d) A repressive socialist regime.

9. How did the Second Great Awakening affect Jackson's America, according to Sellers?
(a) Stronger Protestantism.
(b) Wider array of pagan religions.
(c) Stronger Catholicism.
(d) Harsher penalties for witchcraft.

10. What force does Sellers say created political pressure from the South?
(a) Railroads.
(b) Elite investors.
(c) Cotton industry.
(d) Manufacturers.

11. What step did the Speaker of the House take to expand the American market nationwide?
(a) Subsidies for the heartland.
(b) Light tariffs on imported goods.
(c) Tighten immigration restrictions.
(d) Incentives for railroad developers.

12. How does Sellers say James Monroe responded to the expansionism in his government?
(a) Wholehearted enthusiasm.
(b) Strong opposition.
(c) Mild trepidations.
(d) Waffling support.

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

14. Who was nicknamed Old Hickory?
(a) Andrew Jackson.
(b) John Adams.
(c) John Quincy Adams.
(d) James Monroe.

15. Who did Andrew Jackson defeat for the democratic nomination?
(a) John Calhoun.
(b) John Quincy Adams.
(c) Henry Clay.
(d) James Monroe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who felt threatened by the market revolution, according to Sellers?

2. What effect did the cost of labor have on capitalism, according to Sellers?

3. Which group was on the decline by the time Monroe became president?

4. What faction became particularly powerful as a result of Republican policies?

5. Who became Speaker of the House under James Monroe?

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