TCI Chapter 12 - Vocabulary

• To prevent supplies from reaching the enemy during the War of 1812, the British established a naval _ around American ports.

• blockade
• embargo

• ship

• group of sailors

• President Monroe warned European powers against further attempts of _ in the Americas, asserting U.S. dominance in the Western Hemisphere.

• colonization
• embargo

• tribute

• piracy

Many pioneers began to _ the dream of owning land in the West after the War of 1812.

• pursue
• hate

• dread

• forget

The "Era of Good Feelings" _ a period of national unity and political peace.

• signifies
• misrepresents

• opposes

• regects

The Treaty of Ghent required both sides to _ fighting, ending the War of 1812.

• cease
• start

• continue

• persist

The end of the war of 1812, and the reduction of the threat of a naval _, increased trade for the United States.

• blockade
• embargo

• opening

• passage

The Monroe Doctrine, which actively shaped U.S. foreign policy, stands in contrast to a strict policy of _.

• Isolationism
• interventionism

• open-mindedness

• globalism

Simon Bolivar _ South American nations from Spanish control, giving them their independence.

• liberated
• enslaved

• subjugated

• inhibited

The United States initially tried to follow a policy of _ in European conflicts, meaning they did not take sides.

• neutrality
• bias

• partiality

• picking favorites

President Jefferson hoped to pressure Britain and France into respecting American shipping rights by enacting an _, which stopped all trade with those nations.

• embargo
• admiral blockade

• authorization

• admirals permission