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| 1. What settlement did the U.S. and Spain reach in the Adams-Onis Treaty? | The U.S. would receive control of East Florida from Spain. |
| 2. After the War of 1812 ended, conflicts continued between British Canada and the U.S. What was one of those conflicts about? | Fishing rights on the Great Lakes |
| 3. How did the Convention of 1818 affect the boundaries of the Untied States? | It drew a border between the U.S. and Canada extending to the Rocky Mountains. |
| 4. How did the establishment of the Monroe Doctrine affect U.S. relations with Europe? | It prevented the U.S. from interfering with any future conflicts or wars between European nations. |
| 5. Why did both British Canada and the U.S. want control over Oregon Country? | They were interested in the region’s valuable fur trade. |
| 6. How did the Monroe Doctrine affect the U.S.’s relationship with Latin America? | It placed Latin America within the United States’ sphere of influence. |
| 7. Why did American leaders support Latin American struggles for independence from Spain in the early 1820s? | Latin America’s struggles reminded American leaders of their country’s fight for independence from Britain. |
| 8. What change to the U.S. economy did Henry Clay make specifically to finance the building of new roads and canals? | A tariff on foreign goods. |
| 9. What was the significance of the Missouri Compromise? | It maintained an equal balance between slave and free states in the United States. |
| 10. What physical obstacle hindered builders of the Cumberland Road? | The dense, thick forests. |
| 11. What was the primary goal of Henry Clay’s American System? | To make the United States economically independent. |
| 12. Why were some members of Congress against using federal funds to build roads, canals, and railroads in the U.S.? | They believed the Constitution did not permit the federal government to make the improvements. |
| 13. The Cumberland Road was the first road… | Built by the federal government. |
| 14. What literary style did writer Washington Irving make popular in the U.S. in the early 19th century? | Satire. |
| 15. Because of the writings of Washington Irving and James Fenimore Cooper, painters in the U.S. began to… | Show the history and natural beauty of America in their work. |
| 16. Why are the works of James Fenimore Cooper so significant to American History? | He popularized historical fiction, a type of writing that places fictional characters in actual historical settings. |
| 17. In the early 1800s, American music focused on… | Religion and national pride. |
| 18. What did Washington Irving’s story “Rip Van Winkle” attempt to teach Americans? | Learn from the past and be cautious about what the future holds. |
| 19. According to the Missouri Compromise, which state would enter the Union as a free state? | Maine. |
| 20. What was the purpose of the Monroe Doctrine? | To prevent European expansion in the Americas. |
