Filters
Question type

Study Flashcards

What motivated the development of the Monroe Doctrine in 1823? How did its development relate to American nationalism?

Correct Answer

Answered by ExamLex AI

Answered by ExamLex AI

The development of the Monroe Doctrine i...

View Answer

On his last day in office,President James Madison influenced "internal improvements" by


A) establishing a military corps of engineers to help study and contribute to infrastructure development.
B) supporting federal financing of scientific and technological research into steam power.
C) vetoing a bill that would have used federal funds to construct roads and canals.
D) allocating federal funds to finance transportation construction.
E) approving a bill that would have used federal funds to construct roads and canals.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

The election of 1828


A) saw Andrew Jackson sweep most of New England.
B) saw Andrew Jackson receive the largest majority in American political history.
C) was decided by the House of Representatives.
D) represented to Jacksonians a victory for the forces of privilege.
E) saw the emergence of a new two-party system.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

,the Marshall Court affirmed federal authority over


A) the remainder of the Louisiana Purchase.
B) all American Indian tribes.
C) both American Indian tribes and the remainder of the Louisiana Purchase.
D) individual states.
E) both individual states and all American Indian tribes.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

The presidential administration of John Quincy Adams was


A) noted for its inability to carry out its policies effectively.
B) plagued by financial corruption.
C) deeply antagonistic to the ideas behind Clay's "American System."
D) successful in domestic policies, but had little success in foreign policies.
E) widely popular in the South for its tariff policies.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Between 1800 and 1820,the population of the United States


A) saw its largest increases in southern states.
B) nearly doubled.
C) reached five million.
D) All these answers are correct.
E) generally ignored the rocky soil of the Old Northwest.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

The "era of good feelings" following the War of 1812 reflected


A) the need for Americans to band together in the wake of economic depression.
B) increased political divisions in the United States federal government.
C) declining violence in the West between the United States and Indian tribes.
D) rising nationalism and optimism in the United States.
E) renewed good relations between the United States and the European continent.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Andrew Jackson's presidential victory in 1828 was


A) extremely narrow.
B) likely a product of corrupt voting in several key states.
C) decisive, but sectional.
D) a result of the support he received from New England states.
E) an overwhelming victory.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

The Missouri Compromise preserved equality between free and slave state representatives in the House of Representatives.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Western Americans tended to blame the national bank for the Panic of 1819.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Describe the "era of good feelings" and explain how it eventually faded.

Correct Answer

Answered by ExamLex AI

Answered by ExamLex AI

The "era of good feelings" refers to a p...

View Answer

The Monroe Doctrine declared that


A) the United States had a "manifest destiny" to colonize North America.
B) European powers should not engage in new colonization of the American continents.
C) Cuba should come under the control of the United States.
D) European powers should abandon all their interests in the Western Hemisphere.
E) the United States reserved the right to involve itself in European affairs.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Which of the following statements about American currency and banking in this era is FALSE?


A) Vast quantities of varying bank notes created confusion over currency.
B) Congress chartered a second Bank of the United States in 1816.
C) Counterfeiting was a serious problem.
D) The national bank forbade state banks from issuing their own notes.
E) The second Bank of the United States had more capital than its predecessor.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

After Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821,it


A) quickly opened its northern territories to trade with the United States.
B) began planning for war against the United States.
C) sought cooperative economic and military arrangements with England.
D) began selling its northern territories to the United States.
E) attempted to close its northern territories to the United States.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Western settlements were generally opened by people who lived in eastern seaboard cities.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

The rapid growth of the Northwest and Southwest led to which of the following in the immediate aftermath of the War of 1812?


A) a rapid reduction in the political popularity of slavery in the South
B) the admission of four new states to the Union
C) the establishment of two large territories in the West with provincial governments
D) the breakout of two major wars between federal forces and united Indian tribes
E) the development of a new western-expansion political party that pushed for secession from the United States

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

The Monroe Doctrine was consistent with the spirit of nationalism at work in the United States during the 1820s.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

In the presidential election of 1824,


A) Henry Clay received the fourth-most electoral votes and was elected president by the House of Representatives.
B) None of these answers is correct.
C) Andrew Jackson received the most electoral votes and became president.
D) John Q. Adams received the second-most electoral votes and was elected president by the House of Representatives.
E) William Crawford received the most electoral votes, but he died before a president was chosen.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Showing 61 - 78 of 78

Related Exams

Show Answer