The Monroe Doctrine

Which U.S. territory was purchased in 1803 from France?

• the Louisiana Territory

• the Oregon Territory

• the Florida Territory

• the New Mexico Territory

What was a purpose of the Monroe Doctrine?

• to ask European nations for military assistance in fighting Native Americans

• to stop trading with European nations

• to encourage European nations to stay out of the Americas

• to create lasting alliances with European nations.

Why would the United States become involved in foreign affairs, according to the Monroe Doctrine?

• to stop European nations from enslaving people in other regions

• to respond to events that threatened the United States

• to keep wars from happening between European nations

• to prevent dictators from taking over newly independent nations

  
  

The US received what territory from the Adams-Onis Treaty?

• Texas
• Missouri
• Alabama
• Florida

Which of the following stopped European colonization in America.

• Adams-Onis Treaty
• Monroe Doctrine
• Watauga Compact
• Convention of 1818

The feeling of pride and accomplishments refers to what time period.

• Age of Enligtenment
• Industrial Age
• Era of WestwardExpansion
• Era of Good Feelings

What did James Monroe do as minister to France that changed the size of the United States?

• He gave France territory in southern Canada in exchange for land in the Pacific Northwest.

• He oversaw the purchase of territory from Spain in the Southwest.

• He negotiated the purchase of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million.

• He sold territory in present-day Minnesota and Wisconsin for $5 million.

According to Monroe’s speech to Congress in 1823, what was America’s plan for relations with Europe?

• The United States would help defend any European nation whose liberty was threatened.

• European nations were invited to colonize land in the Americas as long as colonists had rights.

• The United States had no plans to get involved in any European wars in the future.

• Europe and the United States would work together to govern South American colonies

Monroe said the United States would not become involved in the affairs between Spain and its colonies and former colonies in South America.

In which situation would the United States become involved?

• if Spain tried to enslave newly freed colonists

• if other European nations tried to colonize South America

• if the United States felt unsafe and threatened

• if the newly independent nations began to fight among each other

What did President Monroe say to European powers in the early 1820s?

• You must pay for land on which you settle.

• Europe should help new countries by ruling over them.

• America will not trade with Europe.

• Stay out of the Americas.