Standard 2 Review

Why did immigrants not settle in the South

• Nativist sentiments were very strong
•  Economic opportunities were limited.
• Abolitionists recruited them in the North. 

What lured people into the west?

• Abundant land for farming cotton
• Adventure
• Precious metals

In the 1830s, why did President Andrew Jackson support the Indian Removal policy? 

• Native Americans were attacking southern cities. 
• White settlers desired the land on which Native Americans lived
•  Jackson wanted to punish Native Americans for their political opposition.

As the United States acquired more land between 1803 and 1850, controversy over new territories focused on which MAJOR issue?

• The expansion of slavery
• The failure to conserve natural resources 
• Naming states

The Mexican Cession led to..

• War

• Resentment of Americans

• Southern expansion

 What was the ORIGINAL motivation to purchase the Louisiana territory from the French in 1803?

• It would close the western territories to slavery.
• It would remove the Spanish from North America.
•  It would secure control of the Mississippi River and provide transportation access.

What action did Americans justify as a result of Manifest Destiny? 

• the extension of slavery into the territories
• war with Russia over the Oregon territory 
• westward expansion into lands claimed by other nations

What was the PRIMARY goal of the Monroe Doctrine?

•  to prevent European intervention in Latin America
• . to create an opportunity for the annexation of Canada
• to help European nations establish new colonies in the Western Hemisphere 

 Why did the United States use protective tariffs during the Antebellum Period?

•  to encourage foreign trade 
• . to help the nation's manufacturers
• to improve the quality of goods 

What was the MAJOR issue of the Nullification Crisis of 1832?

• the annexation of Texas
•  Jackson's opposition to a national bank 
• southern opposition to tariffs