4.3-4.4 Review Quiz

The map above shows the United States immediately following the

• Northwest Ordinance

• Adams-Onis Treaty

• Missouri Compromise

• Louisiana Purchase

A key purpose of Henry Clay’s American System was to

• expand slavery into new territories to preserve its economic viability

• develop a national economy by improving transportation

• improve diplomatic relations with European nations by allowing free immigration

• remove American Indians to lands west of the Mississippi River to prevent further conflicts

Henry Clay’s “American System” called for all of the following EXCEPT

• a tariff for the protection of industry

• internal improvements at national government expense

• greater reliance on domestic financial resources

• sale of federal lands to finance higher education

The Kentucky and Virginia resolutions and the Hartford Convention were similar in that all involved a defense of

• freedom of the seas

• state's rights

• the institution of slavery

• presidential power over foreign affairs

The Missouri Compromise was a victory for antislavery advocates because it

• provided for the gradual emancipation of slaves in Missouri

• excluded slavery from all territory north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River

• prohibited slavery from future territorial acquisitions

• closed most of the Louisiana Purchase to slavery

The issuance of the Monroe Doctrine did which of the following?

• Helped Secretary of State John Quincy Adams secure the presidency in 1824.

• Established the United States as the dominant economic power in South America.

• Asserted American independent in the realm of foreign policy.

• Provided the basis for resolving Anglo-American border disputes.

The Monroe Doctrine maintained that

• European powers should not pursue any future colonization in the Americas

• all nations and states in the Americas were territories of the United States

• Cuba, Texas, and Puerto Rico were protectorates of the United States

• Haiti would be established as a colony to be settled by formerly enslaved people from the United States

President Monroe articulate the Monroe Doctrine in his 1823 address to Congress primarily in order to

• respond positively to the recent Latin American revolutions

• warn European nations against further colonial ventures in the Western Hemisphere

• encourage Britain to help the fledging Latin American states

• rule out United States involvement in South America

The Missouri Compromise did which of the following?

• Allowed Maine to enter the Union as a free state.

• Prohibited slavery in all the territory of the Louisiana Purchase.

• Provided for the annexation of Texas.

• Provided for admission of the Union of all future states in pairs of one free, one slave.

The United States went to war in 1812 for all of the following reasons EXCEPT to

• stop the British from searching and seizing American ships

• prevent France from recapturing the Louisiana Territory

• appease members of Congress who advocated war

• deal with conflicts between settlers and American Indians in the Northwest Territory