Chapter 12

Question 1

What was not true of the American regular army on the eve of the War of 1812?

Answer 1

Their numbers were large enough that they did not have to rely on the militia

Question 2

Canada became an important battleground in the War of 1812 because

Answer 2

British forces were weakest there

Question 3

The performance of the United States’ Navy in the War of 1812 could be best described as

Answer 3

Much better than that of an army

Question 4

The British attack on Fort McHenry

Answer 4

Inspired the writing of “The Star-Spangled Banner”

Question 5

The Battle of New Orleans

Answer 5

Unleashed a wave of nationalism and self-confidence

Question 6

One result of the American naval victories during the War of 1812 was

Answer 6

A British naval blockade of the American coast

Question 7

At the peace conference at Ghent, the British began to withdraw many of its earlier demands for reasons except

Answer 7

The American victory at New Orleans

Question 8

The delegates of the Hartford Convention adopted the resolutions that included a call for

Answer 8

A Constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds vote in Congress before war was declared

Question 9

The resolutions from the Hartford Convention

Answer 9

Helped to cause the death of the Federalist Party

Question 10

The outcome of the War of 1812 was

Answer 10

A stimulus to patriotic nationalism in the United States

Question 11

The Rush-Bagot agreement

Answer 11

Limited naval armaments on the Great Lakes

Question 12

One of the nationally recognized American authors in the 1820s was

Answer 12

Washington Irving

Question 13

Post-War of 1812 nationalism could be seen in all of the following except

Answer 13

A revival of American religion

Question 14

The Tariff of 1816 was the first in American history

Answer 14

That aimed to protect American industry

Question 15

New England opposed the American System’s federally constructed roads because

Answer 15

They would drain away needed population to the West

Question 16

Democratic-Republicans opposed Henry Clay’s American System because

Answer 16

They believed that it was unconstitutional

Question 17

The Era of Good Feelings

Answer 17

Was a misnomer, because the period was a troubled one

Question 18

The panic of 1819 did not bring

Answer 18

Inflation

Question 19

The western land boom did not result from

Answer 19

The construction of railroad lines west of the Mississippi River

Question 20

When the House of Representatives passed the Tallmadge Amendment in response to Missouri’s request for admission to the Union, the South thought that the amendment

Answer 20

Would threaten the sectional balance

Question 21

As a result of the Missouri Compromise

Answer 21

Slavery was banned north of 36*30’ in the Lousiana Purchase territory

Question 22

In interpreting the Constitution, John Marshall

Answer 22

Favored “loose construction”

Question 23

John Marshall uttered his famous legal dictum that “the power to tax involves the power to destroy” in

Answer 23

McCulloh v. Maryland

Question 24

In McCulloh v. Maryland, Cohens v. Virginia, and Gibbons v. Ogden, Chief Justice Marshall’s rulings limited the extent of

Answer 24

States’ rights

Question 25

John Marshall’s rulings upheld a defense of propert rights against the public pressure in

Answer 25

Fletcher v. Peck

Question 26

The Treaty of 1818 with England

Answer 26

Called for a ten-year joint occupation of the Oregon Country by both American citizens and British subjects

Question 27

Andrew Jackson’s military exploits were instrumental in the United States gaining

Answer 27

Possession of Florida from the Spanish

Question 28

The doctrine of non-colonization in the Monroe Doctrine was

Answer 28

A response to the apparent designs of the Russians in Alaska and Oregon

Question 29

The Monroe Doctrine was

Answer 29

An expression of the illusion of deepening American isolationism from world affairs