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Reetz Test 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a circumstance? | surrounding situation. |
| What did the Monroe Doctrine warn against? | colonization of the Western Hemisphere by foreign powers. |
| What set the border between the U.S. and Canada? | The Convention of 1818 |
| What is an incentive? | something that leads people to follow a course of action. |
| Who was Simon Bolivar? | A revolutionary fighter who helped Spanish colonies in the Americas fight for independence. |
| How was the Erie Canal dug? | by hand |
| What happened as a result of the Missouri Compromise? | Maine entered the union as free state and Missouri as a slave state |
| Where did President James Monroe sent Andrew Jackson and his troops? | secure the U.S. - Florida border |
| Who developed the American System? | Henry Clay |
| What is a devotion to the interests of one geographic region over the interests of the whole country? | sectionalism |
| According the to Missouri Compromise where was slavery prohibited (not allowed)? | North of the Missouri border |
| What was the goal of the American System? | a series of measures intended to make the U.S. economically self-sufficient. |
| What is sense of pride and devotion to a nation known as? | nationalism |
| Simon Bolivar was known as what? | a liberator |
| James Fenimore Cooper, the author of The Last of the Mohicans, popularized what style of writing? | historical fiction |
| Why was Henry Clay for spending money on improvements of roads and canals? | He wanted improvements to unite the country. |
| What was the Cumberland Road? | the first road build by the federal government |
| What is the Era of Good Feeling? | from 1815 to 1825 when the U.S. enjoyed a time of peace, pride and progress. |
| What did Washington Irving's writing warn? | Americans should learn from the past and be cautious about the future |
| The U.S. gave up claim to which area in the Adams-Onis Treaty? | Texas |
| What was the Hudson River School? | Artists created paintings that relected national pride and an apprecaition of the American landscape. |
| John Quincy Adams and Luis de Onis discussed letting Americans settle where? | Florida |
| James Fenimore Cooper focused his best-known works around what? | The West and Native Americans who lived on the frontier |
| What Continent was the Monroe Doctrine concerned with? | Europe (should not interfere with the Americas) |
| What did the Rush-Bagot Agreement limit? | the naval power on the Great Lakes for both the U.S. and British Canada. |
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