Stimulus based - Expansion, Nationalism, and Sectionalism

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Based on document 1, why would the acquisition of New Orleans be significant to the United States?

• New Orleans was owned by France before the Louisiana Purchase

• New Orleans connected the United States to Spanish Mexico

• The United States needed the Port of New Orleans to transport produce

• France would no longer be an American enemy

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The Louisiana Purchase led to a turning point in history because

• The Louisiana Purchase allowed the United States to defeat France in a war

• The Louisiana Purchase tripled the American population

• The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States and accelerated its westward expansion

• The Louisiana Purchase led to an alliance between France and the United States

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A historian would find document 1 most useful for

• Studying President Jefferson’s motivations for making the Louisiana Purchase

• Studying Robert Livingston’s motivations for making the Louisiana Purchase

• Proving President Jefferson did not believe in expansion of executive powers

• Proving the French government did not want to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States

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Which statement best describes the author’s purpose in making this speech?

• to express the reasons he supports the purchase of the Louisiana territory

• to express the reasons the United States should not agree to the purchase of the Louisiana territory

• to suggest that the United States should pursue a policy of manifest destiny

• to suggest that the Louisiana Territory has many natural resources that the United States could acquire

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Which statement best describes the author’s point of view?

• The purchase of the Louisiana Territory is not significant enough for the United States to consider

• The purchase of the Louisiana Territory without war or major financial obligation would be a remarkable achievement

• The purchase of the Louisiana Territory through peaceful negotiation can not be achieved

• The purchase of the Louisiana Territory is not authorized by the US Constitution

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Which statement best expresses the purpose of President Monroe’s speech?

• to declare war against European powers who have intervened in the Western hemisphere

• to strengthen alliances with European powers to suppress independence movements in the Western hemisphere

• to warn European powers not to interfere with independence movements in their former colonies in the Western hemisphere

• to gather support from Congress members for war with Europe

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Which foreign policy is most closely related to the Monroe Doctrine?

• FDR’s Lend Lease policy

• the Roosevelt Corollary

• containment of communism

• the war on terror

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Which development in transportation is Governor Clinton describing?

• National Road

• Erie Canal

• Steamboats

• Railroads

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Based on the map, the Erie Canal and Hudson River contributed directly to the

• decisions to restrict immigration

• rapid increase in population in upstate New York

• settlement of New England

• acquisition of land from Canada

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Completion of the Erie Canal in 1825 encouraged the growth of the Midwest because it

• linked the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Coast

• helped force the removal of British forts in the Northwest Territory

• stimulated development of cotton production in the Ohio River valley

• increased trade with Asia