SS.8.A.4.1

What was the main effect of the Monroe Doctrine?

• It established the United States as the dominant power in the Western Hemisphere.

• It prevented the United States from establishing colonies abroad.

• It began period when the United States established colonies abroad.

• It established the United States as the dominant power in the Eastern Hemisphere.

What hostile acts eventually led to the War of 1812?

• The British were abusing U.S. shipping rights.

• The British tried to blockade U.S. coastal ports.

• The British tried to reclaim land lost in the American Revolution.

• The British convinced other nations to stop trading with the United States.

What territories did the United States gain and lose as a result of the Adams-Onis Treaty?

• It gained Florida and lost any claim to Texas.

• It gained California and lost Florida.

• It gained Texas and lost the Oregon Territory.

• It gained the Oregon Territory and lost any claim to Texas.

How did the Convention of 1818 solve territorial disputes between Great Britain and the United States?

• It set the boundary between British North America and the United States.

• It permitted British control of the Great Lakes.

• It blocked the United States' expansion into western territories.

• It resolved the dispute over the Oregon Territory.

What was one reason that the United States negotiated the Adams-Onís Treaty?

• President Jefferson argued that Florida was part of the Louisiana Purchase.

• President Monroe argued to allow slavery in newly admitted states.

• President Van Buren officially recognized Texas as an independent nation.

• President Polk wanted the Oregon Territory which was in dispute with Britain.

What did the slogan "Fifty-four Forty or Fight" have to do with United States westward expansion?

• It led to the addition of the Oregon Territory.

• It led to the Texas annexation.

• It led to the Kansas Nebraska Act.

• It led to the Missouri Compromise.

How did the Missouri Compromise affect the structure of the United States government?

• It balanced the number of free and slave states in Congress.

• It increased the power of the Supreme Court.

• It gave the Senate more power than House of Representatives.

• It granted Congress the power to pass the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

Why was the Gadsden Purchase essential to the economic future of the United States?

• It allowed the United States to build the southern transcontinental railroad.

• It allowed the United States to sell southwestern territories.

• It allowed the United States to increase trade along the United States and Mexican border.

• It allowed the United States to fund the military to stop Native American attacks along the Mexican border.

About which issue was the slogan "Fifty-four forty or fight!" used to arouse passions during the 1840s?

• the expansion of territory

• the expansion of slavery

• the executive election procedures

• the indigenous population relocations

What was one economic benefit to the Gadsden Purchase?

• The United States built the southern transcontinental railroad.

• The Isthmus of Tehuantepec connected the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

• American citizens successfully incited a rebellion in Mexican territory.

• The United States protected Mexico from Native American attacks.