- The Monroe Doctrine wasa. a striking new departure in American foreign policy.b. quickly made into international law.c. a binding pledge on each subsequent presidential administration.d. actually an expression of deepening American isolationism from world affairs.
- In the 1820's and 1830's one issue that became increasingly divisive in America wasa. the existence of a federal tariff.b. the Peggy Eaton affair.c. a lessening of political party organizations.d. the demise of the Whig Party.
- As a result of the Missouri Compromise,a. there were now more slave than free states in the Union.b. slavery was outlawed in all states north of the forty-second parallel.c. slavery was banned north of 36°30 in the Louisiana Purchase territory.d. Missouri was required to free its slaves when they reached full adulthood.
- As president, John Quincy Adamsa. was more successful than as secretary of state.b. adjusted to the New Democracy.c. was one of the least successful presidents in American history.d. put many of his supporters on the federal payroll.e. was successful in getting his programs enacted into law.
- The resolutions from the Hartford Conventiona. helped cause the death of the Federalist Party.b. resulted in the resurgence of states' rights.c. called for Southern secession from the union.d. supported use of state militias against the British.
- Andrew Jackson's military exploits were instrumental in the United States' gaininga. a favorable border with Canada from the Great Lakes to the Rocky Mountains.b. possession of Florida.c. joint fishing rights in Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland.d. naval limitations on the Great Lakes.
- Henry Clay's call for federally funded roads and canals received wholehearted endorsement froma. President Madison.b. New England.c. the West.d. Jeffersonian Republicans.
- Those who opposed the American System's' federally constructed roads did so becausea. they cost too much.b. the Democratic-Republicans favored the.c. canals were superior means of Transportation.d. they might drain away needed population to the west.
- With the demise of the Federalist Party,a. the Democrat-Republicans established one-party rule.b. another party arose very quickly to take its place.c. there was little political trouble.d. sectionalism became nonexistent.
- John Marshall, as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, helped strengthen the judicial branch ofgovernment bya. applying Jeffersonian principles in all of his decision.b. asserting the doctrine of judicial review of congressional legislation.c. overriding presidential vetoes.d. listening carefully to and heeding the advice of lawyers arguing cases before the Supreme Court.
- One of the major causes of the Panic of 1819 wasa. bankruptcies.b. overspeculation in frontier lands.c. deflation.d. the failure to recharter the Bank of the United States.
- One of the demands made by the West to help it grow wasa. sound money.b. a stronger Bank of the United States.c. cheap money.d. the closing of "wildcat" banks.
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