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Even though the victory in the Battle of New Orleans provided a large boost to American morale, it proved essentially meaningless because

• General Jackson was unable to pursue and destroy the British army after his victory.

• the British continued their guerrilla attacks on the Mississippi Valley region.

• the peace treaty had been signed several weeks before.

• the British navy retained control of the shipping lanes around New Orleans

The terms of the Treaty of Ghent ending the War of 1812 provided that

• there would be a buffer Indian state between the United States and Canada.

• Britain would stop the impressment of American sailors

• the United States would acquire western Florida in exchange for guaranteeing British control of Canada.

• the two sides would stop fighting and return to the status quo before the war.

The Era of Good Feelings was sharply disrupted by the

• bitter political battles over the Tariff of 1816 and Henry Clay’s American System.

• renewal of international tensions with Britain over Canada and the Monroe Doctrine.

• panic of 1819 and the battle over slavery in Missouri.

• nasty presidential campaign of 1820.

The new nationalistic feeling right after the War of 1812 was evident in all of the following except

• the development of a distinctive national literature

• an increased emphasis on economic independence.

• the addition of significant new territory to the United States.

• a new pride in the American army and navy.

Besides admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, the Missouri Compromise provided that

• slavery would not be permitted anywhere in the Louisiana Purchase territory north of the southern boundary of Missouri, except in Missouri itself.

• the number of proslavery and antislavery members of the House of Representatives would be kept permanently equal.

• the international slave trade would be permanently ended.

• slavery would be gradually ended in the District of Columbia.

In the case of Dartmouth College v. Woodward, John Marshall’s Supreme Court held that

• the Supreme Court had the power to decide on the constitutionality of state laws.

• private colleges, and not the state, had the right to set rules and regulations for their students and faculty.

• only Congress and not the states could regulate interstate commerce.

• the states could not violate the charter of a private, nonprofit corporation like Dartmouth College once it had been granted.

As proclaimed by Monroe in his message of 1823, the Monroe Doctrine asserted that

• only the United States had a right to intervene to promote democracy in Latin America.

• the British and Americans would act together to prevent further Russian expansion on the Pacific coast.

• the United States would not tolerate further European intervention or colonization in the Americas.

• the United States would support the Greeks in their fight for independence against Turkey.

The immediate effect of the Monroe Doctrine at the time it was issued was

• a rise in tension between the United States and the major European powers.

• very small.

• a close alliance between the United States and the Latin American republics.

• a series of clashes between the American and British navies.

The original impetus for declaring the Monroe Doctrine came from

• a British proposal that America join Britain in guaranteeing the independence of the Latin American republics.

• the growing British threat to intervene in Latin America.

• the American desire to gain new territory in the Caribbean and Central America.

• the Austrian Prince Metternich’s plans to establish new European colonies in the Americas.

Andrew Jackson’s invasion of Florida led to permanent acquisition of that territory after

• President Monroe ordered him to seize all Spanish military posts in the area

• the United States declared its rights under the Monroe Doctrine.

• President Monroe’s cabinet endorsed Jackson’s action and declared war on Spain.

• Secretary of State Adams pressured Spain to cede the area to the United States.