Actual Midterm Flashcards
Which of the following Native American groups did General Andrew Jackson fight beginning in 1816?
Seminole
Which of the following best describes American territorial gains in the Adams-Onis Treaty? [may be more than one answer]
Texas East Florida the Oregon Territory Cuba California
East Florida
Oregon territory
________________________________ served as Monroe’s Secretary of State during his two terms as President.
John Quincey Adams
The Missouri Compromise allowed _________________ to enter the Union as a free state to offset Missouri’s entrance as a slave state
Maine
What territories did the United States cede to the Spanish Empire as part of the Adams-Onis Treaty?
parts of Texas
Which of the following best describes the provision of the Missouri Compromise concerning the spread of slavery into the Louisiana Purchase territory?
Slavery would be prohibited in any new states north of Missouri’s southern border.
Slavery would be permitted in the Louisiana Purchase territory.
Slavery would be permitted in any new states north of Missouri’s southern border.
Slavery would be prohibited in the Louisiana Purchase territory.
Slavery would be prohibited in any new states north of Missouri’s southern border.
Which of the following best describes the proposal of James Tallmadge of New York concerning the admission of Missouri as a state?
Missouri would emancipate its slaves immediately and ban the slave trade.
Missouri would ban the slave trade, but would no be required to emancipate its slaves.
Missouri would emancipate its slaves gradually and ban the slave trade.
Missouri would emancipate its slaves, but would not be required the ban the slave trade.
Missouri would emancipate its slaves gradually and ban the slave trade.
About how many slaves were living in the Missouri territory when it applied for statehood in 1817?
3,000
Explain in one or two sentences why admitting Missouri as a state was controversial.
Admitting Missouri was controversial because the northern states wanted to keep power, and were scared the rest of the Louisiana Purchase would follow their example. The southern states were scared of loosing the balance between the free and slave states.
How much Spanish debt did the U.S. government assume in exchange for Florida?
$5 million
When Missouri petitioned to become a state, the Union had maintained a perfect balance of how many free and slave states?
11
The House of Representatives passed the Missouri Compromise _____________.
by a very close margin
The “task system” was prominent on which of the following types of southern plantations?
South Carolina and Georgia rice plantations
Stories that either explicitly or symbolically described black slaves outwitting white masters and overseers became known as “_____________ tales.”
trickster
How would slaves supplement the food and provisions they received from their masters? [choose all that apply]
working on Sundays and holidays in exchange for money
Many masters gave slaves a small portion of their crop as a “slave wage.”
hunting and fishing
keeping vegetable gardens
working on Sundays and holidays in exchange for money hunting and fishing
keeping vegetable gardens
Which of the following best describes the larger significance of the Monroe Doctrine?
It marks the beginning of the United States as a world power.
The primary purpose of the Monroe doctrine was to ____________.
formally oppose any new colonization efforts in the New World by European powers
What famous orator argued on behalf of Dartmouth College in Dartmouth College v. Woodward?
Daniel Webster
Which of the following American statesmen successfully pressured the Monroe administration to recognize emerging Latin American republics?
Henry Clay
McCulloch v. Maryland involved a dispute between the state of Maryland and the ______________________, an institution created by the Federal government.
Bank of the United states
Which of the following candidates received the most electoral votes in the Election of 1824?
Andrew Jackson