Georgia EOC U.S. History Domain II

 The Louisiana Purchase of 1803

• pushed the Spanish below the Rio Grande in North America.
• resulted in increased conflict between the U.S. and France
• almost doubled the area of the U.S. and gave it control of the Mississippi River.
• was a major cause of the Spanish-American War

The United States declared war on Great Britain in 1812 because

• the British navy repeatedly seized American merchant ships.
• the British claimed rights to the territory of California
• British companies refused to pay debts to US banks.
• the British navy sank an American warship.

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 is significant because it

• guaranteed universal suffrage.
• gave free land to all settlers
• balanced the number of free and slave states in the Union
• included provisions for territorial growth and the admission of new states.

After the Erie Canal was constructed

• many people emigrated to the South
• both trade and the number of jobs in New York declined.
• new cities were built along the shores of the Great Lakes.
• there was a significant recession in New York.

The period immediately after the War of 1812 was known as

• the Gilded Age
• Jacksonian Democracy
• Jeffersonian Democracy.
• the Era of Good Feelings.

During the early 1800s the British Navy began to take U.S. sailors and sea merchants captive during the early 1800s, forcing them to work on British ships. What was this practice called?

• arrest
• impressment
• imprisonment
• slavery

Historians regard Thomas Jefferson's decision to purchase the Louisiana Territory from France as being out of character for him because

• he had previously said the Louisiana Territory as useless.
• he thought the country was too big prior to the purchase
• he is considered to be a strict constructionist.
• he had campaigned against such a purchase.

Which of these connects the cities of Albany, New York, and Buffalo, New York?

• Erie Canal
• Ohio River
• Hudson River
• Oswego Canal

Which best describes the main purpose of the Monroe Doctrine?

• It stated that the U.S. had a right to seize Florida from Spain because of the Native American attacks along the Florida/Georgia border.
• It stated that the U.S. would not support the revolution efforts of Latin American countries against Spain or Great Britain
• It served as a warning to European nations to not try and re-colonize Latin America because the U.S. would intervene
• It established the border between the U.S. and Canada after the war of 1812