Midterm 4

What was used to keep European countries from interfering with colonies in Latin America?

• Neutrality Proclomation

• Farewell Address

• Embargo Act

• Monroe Doctrine

What was the result of the Battle of New Orleans?

• America won the War of 1812

• The British won the War of 1812

• Andrew Jackson became a national hero

• America won the French and Indian War

States Rights theory of the Constitution states that right to nullify federal laws they feel are unconstitutional in other words...

• states have the right to interpret federal laws

• Is an unwritten part of the constitution

• states can ignore them

• state laws have more power than federal laws

Kentucky and Virginia Resolution enacted the states rights theory of the Constitution saying

• States can interpret federal laws for contititutionality

• supported the Alien Act

• supported the Sedition Act

• must obey state laws

What can the Government do to encourage American manufacturing?

• block trade

• create an embargo

• create a protective tariff

• limit manufacturing

Why was the War of 1812 called the Second War of Independence?

• the British blockaded U.S. ports

• Then British never fully respected the United States as a free independent nation

• The U.S. continued to resist taxes by the British government

• the U.S. and Great Britain never signed a peace treaty after the war

What led to the Monroe Doctrine?

• America wanted to colonize in Latin American countries

• America wanted more control over Latin American countries

• Americans feared Spain would try to regain colonies in Latin America

• Americans feared that Britain would try to regain its colonies in North America

How did Jefferson end pirate attacks on U.S. ships?

• He paid the tribute to the Barbary Pirates

• He sent warships and men to protect merchant ships

• Congress passed the Embargo Act

• Congress declared war on the Barbary states

When something is referred to as the upper and lower houses what are they talking about

• They two houses of Congress

• members of the Presidents cabinet

• members of political parties

• The court system

Which was the Marshall Court case that addressed Interstate Commerce and the licensing of steamboats on the rivers?

• McCollough v Maryland

• Gibbons V Ogden

• Marbury V Madison

• Worchester V Georgia