Chapter 8 General

Which statement regarding events in Latin America during the decade after the beginning of the War of 1812 is not correct?

The United States presented a statement to Luis de Onís declaring official support for the rebels and an end to diplomatic relations with Spain.

When Missouri applied for admission to the Union in 1819, an amendment to the statehood bill proposed to

ban the further importation of slaves into the state gradually emancipate the slaves already residing in the state

The new agricultural region of central Alabama and Mississippi became known as the ________ _________for its dark, productive soil of rotted limestone.

black belt

One example of the diplomatic challenges John Quincy Adams's administration faced was the 1826 Panama conference, which southerners in Congress opposed because they did not want American representatives to associate with

black delegates from Haiti.

The end of "King Caucus" in 1820 meant that

candidates who were not affiliated with any political party had a chance at election.

Until 1820, when the Federalist Party effectively ceased operations and James Monroe ran for reelection unopposed, presidential candidates were nominated by ______ of the two parties in Congress.

caucuses

Which of the following economic changes reflected a rise in American nationalism after the War of 1812?

construction of a national road, and passage of protective tariffs

Because the uplands had lost much of their fertility through overplanting and erosion, the agricultural economy built around ______ began to migrate toward central Alabama and Mississippi.

cotton

The War of 1812 stimulated the growth of manufacturing by

cutting off imports of competing products from other countries.

The government created a situation of dependency on the part of Native Americans by introducing the "__________" system, whereby government agents supplied the tribes with goods at cost.

factor

With ______ in mind, in 1815 Madison called the attention of Congress to the need for building roads and canals "under the national authority."

memories of wartime transportation problems

Under the new system, the field was divided between the ______ Republicans, led by John Quincy Adams, and the ______ Republicans, led by Andrew Jackson.

national; democratic

Like his father, the second president, John Quincy Adams was a committed ______ who had spent much of his life in diplomatic service.

nationalist

The United States became the first country to ______ the new Latin American nations.

officially recognize

Partisan divisions in the late 1820s had begun to mirror those that produced the first party system, but now

opponents of centralization supported economic growth.

One of the most important Supreme Court decisions regarding Indian tribes and their territory was Worcester v. Georgia (1832), in which the Court invalidated state laws ______ lands controlled by Cherokee Indians.

regulating access by U.S. citizens to

Adams lost a critical contest with Georgia, which wanted to

remove the remaining Creek and Cherokee Indians from the state.

Since the beginning of the republic, new states had come into the Union more or less in pairs—one a(n) ______ state and one a(n) ______ state.

slave; free

After the War of 1812, Americans gave enthusiastic support to westward expansion; however, the debates over ________ that accompanied this process highlighted increasing regional divisions.

slavery

In Worcester v. Georgia (1832), the Marshall Court defined the Indian tribes as ______ in much the same way that Georgia was.

sovereign entities

A number of causes can be cited for the Panic of 1819, but many Americans primarily blamed

the second Bank of the United States.

In shaping the Constitution of the United States through his work as chief justice of the Supreme Court, John Marshall did all of the following except

expand the cause of democracy by extending rights to the disfranchised.

For Americans and their elected leaders in the 1810s, the War of 1812 served as a dramatic demonstration of inadequacies in which of the following areas?

transportation and shipping, and banking and finance

By 1816, New Englanders had begun to express impatience with the so-called "_____ _____ " and its years of control over the executive branch.

virginia dynasty

When Blank______ won its independence from Spain in 1821, it soon opened its northern territories to trade with the United States

Mexico

The financial crisis known as the _____ of _____ helped bring the "era of good feelings" to an end.

The Panic of 1819

The Marshall Court tended to favor which of the following?

a strong, unified national government over a loosely organized one the federal government over state governments corporations and other private economic institutions over local governments

In order to protect the frontier, in the 1810s a chain of stockaded forts was erected where

along the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River.

By the 1816 presidential election, the Federalists had ceased to be a potent force in national politics, signaling a clear end to which of the following?

any significant opposition to the Republican monopoly on power the first party system

Which of the following accurately describes transportation problems that occurred during the wartime British blockade?

Instead of being able to travel along the Atlantic coast by ship, people crowded onto coastal roads. Oxcarts were routinely commandeered and pressed into emergency service. In some areas there were serious shortages of goods that normally traveled by sea, and prices soared.

Elected president in 1816, took office under what appeared to be remarkably favorable circumstances.

James Monroe

Representative ______ of New York proposed an amendment to Missouri's statehood bill that provided for the gradual emancipation of slaves in the state.

James Tallmadge Jr.

John Quincy Adams's first challenge as secretary of state was the territory of ________, over which he began negotiations with Spanish minister Luis de Onís in 1817. [Enter only one full word in each space and make sure to spell correctly.]

Florida

By labeling the Great Plains the "____ ____ ____," Stephen H. Long helped perpetuate a misconception introduced by Zebulon Pike 15 years earlier.

Great American Desert

In 1819 and 1820, Stephen H. Long led expeditions through areas that are now parts of which states?

Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado

Which main problem did the Missouri Compromise seek to address?

Protecting the balance of free and slave states in the U.S. Congress

A steady stream of commercial wagon trains moved along the ______ Trail between Missouri and New Mexico in the 1820s.

Santa Fe

Which of the following directly resulted from the Missouri Compromise?

Slavery was banned north of the 36°30 parallel. Maine entered the United States as a free state.