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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did new politicians do to come into power?

3. Who did the public feel hostility toward, according to Sellers?

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

5. How does Sellers say James Monroe responded to the expansionism in his government?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changes affected American society in the 1810s and 20s?

2. What was the vision toward which new Democrats wanted to take the country?

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

4. Describe the outcome of the election of 1824.

5. How did American politics change as a result of the economic crash?

6. Why was a paper money economy proposed, and what was its effect on American culture?

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

8. What happened when Andrew Jackson intervened against Spanish Florida?

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

10. How did Andrew Jackson go about campaigning in the election of 1824, according to Sellers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a personality sketch of the author based on his style and content. What values do you think he holds dear? What are his hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think he is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.

Essay Topic 2

How would you characterize the difference between regions in America? If each region were a person, how would you would you describe them? What are each region's principal desires and complexes, guilts, and compensations? What personality type is characteristic of each region?

Essay Topic 3

Evaluate the contributions that came from states-rights factions during the market revolution. Did they make America a better place, or did they enslave it to entrenched local powers and unethical traditions like slavery?

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