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15505057098All of the following were true of the American regular army on the eve of the War of 1812 EXCEPTtheir numbers were large enough that they did not have to rely on the militia0
15505057099America's campaign against Canada in the War of 1812 waspoorly conceived because it split-up the military1
15505057100Canada became an important battleground in the War of 1812 becauseBritish forces were weakest there2
15505057101British plans for their 1814 campaign did not include action inFlorida3
15505057102The Battle of New Orleansunleashed a wave of nationalism and self-confidence4
15505057103One result of the American naval victories during the War of 1812 wasa British naval blockade of the American coast5
15505057104When the United States entered the War of 1812, it wasmilitarily unprepared6
15505057105The performance of the United States' Navy in the War of 1812 could be best described asmuch better than that of the army7
15505057106The British attack on Fort McHenryinspired the writing of "The Star-Spangled Banner"8
15505057107The most devastating defeat suffered by the British during the War of 1812 took place at the Battle ofNew Orleans9
15505057108Perhaps the key battle of the War of 1812, because it protected the United States from full-scale invasion and possible dissolution, was the Battle ofPlattsburgh10
15505057109The Battle of New Orleanssaw British troops defeated by Andrew Jackson's soldiers11
15505057110At the peace conference at Ghent, the British began to withdraw many of its earlier demands for all of the following reasons EXCEPTthe American victory at New Orleans12
15505057111The delegates of the Hartford Convention adopted resolutions that included a call fora Constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds vote in Congress before war was declared13
15505057112The resolutions from the Hartford Conventionhelped to cause the death of the Federalist Party14
15505057113In interpreting the Constitution, John Marshallfavored "loose construction"15
15505057114John Marshall uttered his famous legal dictum that "the power to tax involves the power to destroy" inMcCulloch v. Maryland16
15505057115In McCulloch v. Maryland, Cohens v. Virginia, and Gibbons v. Ogden, Chief Justice Marshall's rulings limited the extent ofstates' rights17
15505057116People moved into the Old Northwest for all of the following reasons EXCEPTas a haven for runaway slaves18
15505057117Settlers from the South who moved into the Old Northwest territory were known asButternuts19
15505057118When moving to the Old Northwest, settlers from the North wanted to do all of the following EXCEPToppose increased taxes to fund their programs20
15505057119John Marshall's ruling upheld a defense of property rights against public pressure inFletcher v. Peck21
15505057120The United States' most successful diplomat in the Era of Good Feelings wasJohn Quincy Adams22
15505057121The Treaty of 1818 with Englandcalled for a ten-year joint occupation of the Oregon country by both American citizens and British subjects23
15505057122Andrew Jackson's military exploits were instrumental in the United States gainingPossession of Florida from the Spanish24
15505057123Spain sold Florida to the United States because itcould not defend the area and would lose it in any case25
15505057124Britain opposed Spain's reestablishing its authority in Latin American countries that had successfully revolted becausethe ports of these nations were now open to lucrative trade26
15505057125The doctrine of non-colonization in the Monroe Doctrine wasa response to the apparent designs of the Russians in Alaska and Oregon27
15505057126At the time it was issued, the Monroe Doctrine wasincapable of being enforced by the United States28
15505057127Latin America's reaction to the Monroe Doctrine can best be described asunconcerned or unimpressed29
15505057128The Russo-American Treaty of 1824 fixed the southernmost limits of Russian occupation of North America at ( two numbers)54 40'30
15505057129The Monroe Doctrine wasan expression of the illusion of deepening American isolationism from world affairs31
15505057130From a global perspective, the War of 1812 wasof little importance32
15505057131In diplomatic and economic terms, the War of 1812 bredgreater American independence33
15505057132The outcome of the War of 1812 wasa stimulus to patriotic nationalism in the United States34
15505057133The Rush-Bagot agreementlimited naval armaments on the Great Lakes35
15505057134After the War of 1812, Europereturned to conservativism, illiberalism, and reaction36
15505057135One of the most important by-products of the War of 1812 wasa heightened spirit of nationalism37
15505057136One of the nationally recognized American authors in the 1820s wasWashington Irving38
15505057137Post-War of 1812 nationalism could be seen in all of the following EXCEPTa revival of American religion39
15505057138At the end of the War of 1812, British manufacturersbegan dumping their goods in America at extremely low prices40
15505057139The Tariff of 1816 was the first in American historythat aimed to protect American industry41
15505057140Henry Clay's call for federally funded roads and canals received whole-hearted endorsement fromthe West42
15505057141New England opposed the American System's federally constructed roads becausethey would drain away needed population to the West43
15505057142Democratic-Republicans opposed Henry Clay's American System becausethey believed that it was unconstitutional44
15505057143The Era of Good Feelingswas a misnomer, because the period was a troubled one45
15505057144With the demise of the Federalist Partythe Democratic-Republicans established one-party rule46
15505057145The panic of 1819 brought with it all of the following EXCEPTinflation47
15505057146One of the major causes of the panic of 1819 wasoverspeculation in frontier lands48
15505057147The western land boom resulted from all of the following EXCEPTthe construction of railroad lines west of the Mississippi River49
15505057148One of the demands made by the West to help to grow wascheap money50
15505057149When the House of Representatives passed the Tallmadge Amendment in response to Missouri's request for admission to the Union, the South thought that the amendmentwould threaten the sectional balance51
15505057150The first state entirely west of the Mississippi River to be carved out of the Louisiana Territory wasMissouri52
15505057151As a result of the Missouri Compromiseslavery was banned north of 36^o 30' in the Louisiana Purchase territory53
15505057152All of the following were results of the Missouri Compromise EXCEPT thatsectionalism was reduced54

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