Module 8 Lesson 3 Settling International Issues

How was the Rush-Bagot Agreement important in keeping peaceful relations between the United States and Great Britain?

• It established a series of forts along the frontier.

• It limited how many soldiers could patrol the U.S. - Canada border.

• It established a permanent U.S. - Canada extending to the Pacific Ocean.

• It limited how many military ships could be in the Great Lakes.

Following the war of 1812, the Convention of 1818 with Great Britain granted the United States _____________ rights off the coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador.

• hunting

• shipping

• fishing

• maritime

Why was the Adams-Onis Treaty important?

• Spain gained the territory of California.

• The United States gained the territory of Florida.

• Spain gave up its claim to parts of the Louisiana Territory.

• the United States gave up its claim to the Oregon Country.

Following the War of 1812, Americans entered Spanish Florida continually to capture?

• Military deserters

• escaped slaves

• Draft Dodgers

• Corrupt Bankers

What problems existed between Spain and the United States during this time period?

• disputes over Texas

• disputes over Spanish Florida

• disputes over the Port of New Orleans

• disputes over Texas and Spanish Florida

Who was elected President in the 1816 Presidential Election?

• James Madison

• James Monroe

• Vladimir Putin

• Emmanuel Macron

Did Andrew Jackson have the explicit permission of the United States government to seize the forts at St. Marks and Pensacola?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

The Adams-Onis Treaty settled all border disputes  between the United States and Spain.  Which of the following statements is most accurate about the treaty?

• Spain kept Florida

• The United States gained the Florida and Texas Territories

• Spain gave up Florida, and the United States gave up its claims to Texas.

• The United States gave up all claims to Texas and Florida

Why did Great Britain and the United States agree to share possession of the Oregon Country?

• They both wanted fur trader from their counties to be able to use this territory

• Both England and the United States had become overpopulated and needed new land to settle on.

• They were tired of fighting each other.

• The Spanish and French warned they'd declare war on the United States and Britain if they didn't stop fighting over the Oregon Country.

From 1817 to 1818, the Seminoles and their African American allies fought against Americans in a series of small battles that came to be known as the _____________war.

• Florida

• Georgia

• First Seminole

• none of the above