Period 4 Quiz 2

One major change in United States politics from the 1820s to the mid-1850s was the

• rise of political parties defined largely by regional interests

• collapse of the Democratic Party in the South

• decline of competition between parties

• adoption of an antislavery platform by the Whig Party

The Monroe Doctrine maintained that

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

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

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

• the United States Congress could overrule the president’s foreign policy initiatives in Latin America

The excerpt best reflects which of the following?

• Fear that the United States would be overtaken by a foreign power

• Disagreement over the consequences of the French Revolution for the United States

• Conflicts over how the Constitution should be implemented and interpreted

• Secessionist pressures coming from slaveholders in the South

Jefferson’s purchase of Louisiana had its origins in his desire to

• oppose New England Federalism

• acquire territory for the expansion of slavery

• demonstrate friendship for the French in the Napoleonic Wars

• acquire a port to provide an outlet for western crops

Act of forcibly drafting an individual into military service, employed by the British navy against American seamen in times of war against France, 1793-1815.

• Monroe Doctrine

• Nationalism

• Impressment

• Embargo Act

: identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations

• Nationalism

• Macon Bill No.2

• War Hawks

• War of 1812

A devotion to the interests of one geographic region over the interests of the country.

• Impressment

• Monroe Doctrine

• Nationalism

• Sectionalism

introduce a form of non-violent resistance to the British and French interference of U.S. merchant ships carrying, or suspected of carrying, war materials and other goods to their enemies by restricting trade with both countries

• Chesapeake-Leopard Affair

• Embargo Act

• Nonintercourse Act

• Tecumseh

western settlers who advocated war with Britain because they hoped to acquire Britain's northwest posts (Florida & Canada)

• War Hawks

• Embargo Act

• Nonintercourse Act

• Chesapeake-Leopard Affair

The map above shows the United States immediately following the

• passage of the Northwest Ordinance

• passage of the Compromise of 1850

• negotiation of the Adams-Onis Treaty

• passage of the Missouri Compromise