US History - Final Exam Spring #1

Henry Clay's American System focused on America trading extensively with foreign nations such as Britain and France and not worrying about production within our own nation.

• True

• False

As a result of the War of 1812, foreign nations saw America as a strong country, able to defend itself.

• True

• False

During the election of 1824, John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson became good friends; eventually, Adams invited Jackson to be a member of his Cabinet.

• True

• False

The purpose of the Monroe Doctrine (1823) was to prevent European expansion in the Americas.

• True

• False

James Madison was president during the Era of Good Feelings.

• True

• False

The Missouri Compromise of 1820 provided for Missouri to enter the United States as slave and Maine to enter as a free state.

• True

• False

What agricultural invention, designed to increase production, had the effect of increasing the number of slaves needed for labor in the Deep South?

• steel plow

• sewing machine

• cotton gin

• mechanical reaper

The great nullification crisis in American history occurred in 1828-1832, when South Carolina threatened to secede from the Union because of the controversy over slavery.

• True

• False

The election of Andrew Jackson sent shock waves throughout the federal bureaucracy because of his belief in replacing government workers with his supporters, known as the democratic shuffle.

• True

• False

President Andrew Jackson attacked and vetoed the National Bank of the federal government because he saw it as a symbol of unfair privilege.

• True

• False