Chapter 7 Era of Good Feelings

Question 1

There was a reduction in sectional arguments over slavery, the federal bank, and the _____ during the Era of Good Feelings.

Answer 1

Tariff

Question 2

An overwhelming victory against the British at the Battle of _____ at the end of the War of 1812 caused a surge in American patriotism.

Answer 2

New Orleans

Question 3

_____ became the fourth Virginian to be elected president after winning the 1816 election during the Era of Good Feelings.

Answer 3

James Monroe

Question 4

A candidate could have won the presidential election of 1816 by just winning the electoral votes in Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts.

Answer 4

False

Question 5

James Monroe became the first presidential candidate to win every single electoral vote in 1820.

Answer 5

False

Question 6

Detente is a period of _____ relations between two countries.

Answer 6

warm and compromising

Question 7

Detente between the United States and Soviet Union brought about an end to _____.

Answer 7

the Cold War

Question 8

The _____ between Britain and the United States demilitarized the Great Lakes region after the War of 1812.

Answer 8

Rush-Bagot Agreement

Question 9

The _____ parallel was established as a boundary line along part of the U.S.-Canadian border in 1818.

Answer 9

49th

Question 10

The “Slash” only refers to the U.S. border with Canada along the Montana, North Dakota and Minnesota borders.

Answer 10

False

Question 11

Britain and the United States agreed to _____ in 1818.

Answer 11

share Oregon Territory

Question 12

The United States acquired Florida from _____ in 1819.

Answer 12

Spain

Question 13

The U.S. boundary with Spanish owned territory in North America stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean in 1819.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

Only states in the South and West were added to the union during the Era of Good Feelings.

Answer 14

False

Question 15

Many people migrated west after the War of 1812 _____.

Answer 15

because land was cheap

Question 16

The building of the Erie Canal allowed ships in New York to reach New Orleans without travelling the Atlantic Ocean.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

_____ were cities that grew up in the Great Lakes region due to the building of the Erie Canal.

Answer 17

Buffalo, Chicago, and Milwaukee

Question 18

The Monroe Doctrine was announced in 1823 to protect our trade relationship with _____ countries.

Answer 18

Latin American

Question 19

The Monroe Doctrine threatened war against any European power that attempted to regain any of its lost colonies in Latin America.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

The invention of the cotton gin caused an increased demand for land and slaves to grow cotton.

Answer 20

True

Question 21

The invention of the cotton gin helped provide more jobs in the northern textile mills.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

Mill cities like _____ grew up along the _____ in Massachusetts during the 1800s.

Answer 22

Lawrence and Lowell-Merrimac River