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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was James Madison's effect on Thomas Jefferson's pro-land positions?
(a) Protected them with regulations.
(b) Tempered them with markets.
(c) Expanded them with incentives.
(d) Exacerbated them with tariffs.

2. What was DeWitt Clinton's role in the Republican party?
(a) Populist leader.
(b) Standard-bearer.
(c) Opposition candidate.
(d) Party kingmaker.

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

4. Who pressed for the First Bank of the United States?
(a) Northern manufacturers.
(b) New York commercial interests.
(c) Western railroads.
(d) Southern agriculturalists.

5. On what topic does Sellers say James Madison agreed with Thomas Jefferson?
(a) Tariffs.
(b) Free trade.
(c) Isolationism.
(d) Expansionism.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sellers characterize Jackson?

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

3. How does Sellers characterize the ethic Jackson got from his family?

4. What was the liberal capitalist morality like, which Sellers says was offended?

5. Who does Sellers blame for the sense that things needed to be reformed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to the momentum Thomas Jefferson brought into office?

2. How did elites create a favorable environment for themselves, in Sellers's account?

3. What was slavery's role in the development of democratic American capitalism?

4. Where did support for Andrew Jackson come from, in Sellers's account?

5. What role did religion play in the transformation of American culture, in Sellers's account?

6. What came out of the period Sellers covers?

7. Describe the Missouri Compromise.

8. What was James Monroe's role in the development of American capitalism?

9. What does Sellers say about the spread of religion after the collapse of the market?

10. How does Sellers characterize the period covered in The Market Revolution?

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