Vocabulary 1/7

Question 1

Interventionism -

Answer 1

a government policy or practice of doing things to directly influence the country’s economy or the political affairs of another country.

Question 2

Era of Good Feelings -

Answer 2

economic prosperity and an increase in American patriotism after the War of 1812 led to a period of success in the United States.

Question 3

Monroe Doctrine -

Answer 3

an American foreign policy opposing interference in the Western hemisphere from outside powers.

Question 4

Western Hemisphere -

Answer 4

one half of the world that includes North, Central, and South America

Question 5

Cede -

Answer 5

to give control of (something) to another person, group, government.

Question 6

Adams-Onis Treaty -

Answer 6

treaty between Spain and the United States. Spain ceded the Florida territory to the United States

Question 7

Missouri Compromise -

Answer 7

agreement made in Congress stating that Maine would be entered into the United States as a free state, and Missouri would be entered as a slave state. Also stated no slavery would be allowed north of the 36 parallel.

Question 8

Writs of Mandamus -

Answer 8

a formal order sent from a higher court to a public official or lower court to carry out a specified action

Question 9

Jurisdiction -

Answer 9

the power or right to make judgments about the law, to arrest and punish criminals.

Question 10

Interstate -

Answer 10

existing or occurring between states especially in the U.S

Question 11

Commerce -

Answer 11

activities that relate to the buying and selling of goods and services.