Quiz 5

The Monroe Doctrine was so controversial because -

    

 

•   he issued the statement without approval from the legislative branch

• it deported French citizens that were suspected of being spies

• America forbid strong European countries from claiming more land in the Western Hemisphere

•   it created a permanent alliance with Britain which George Washington had advised against in his Farewell Address

.  Manifest Destiny is the belief that -  

 

   

• America was destined to become the most powerful country in the world

• the U.S. should own all the land claimed by Mexico and Canada

• the U.S. government should govern all the territory in the Western Hemisphere

• the U.S. should expand westward to the Pacific Ocean

Thomas Jefferson acquired the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803 for $15 million because -  

 

 

•   France no longer wanted to fight the Native Americans that lived there

• Southern states yearned for more territory to expand slavery into

• Jefferson wanted to double the amount of land to support America’s agricultural economy

• George Washington believed that America’s destiny was to grow in size

   

. Annexing Texas was a controversial issue in the U.S. because -  

 

    

•   German immigrants to Texas did not want to be a part of the U.S.

• the balance of free states to slave states would be affected

• France threatened to declare war on the U.S. if it added Texas

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     Texas was seen as a wasteland that would drain the economy of the U.S

The term nullify means...

• to cancel

• to kidnap

• to add

• to leave