American Foreign Policy - Farewell Address to Monroe Doctrine

Washington declared that the US should ______________ in the French Revolutionary Wars

• be pro-British

• be pro-French

• remain neutral

• be anti-Spain

Revolutionary France's ambassador to the US who openly defied Washington's Neutrality Proclamation

• Robespierre

• Talleyrand

• Tocqueville

• Genet

Failure to end a slave rebellion here convinced France to sell what became known as the Louisiana Purchase

• Cuba

• Haiti

• Jamaica

• Florida

French ruler who sold the Louisiana Territory to the US in 1803

• Louis XIV

• Napoleon

• Charles X

• Louis XVI

In June of 1812, the US declared war on this country

• Britain

• France

• Spain

• Canada

Victory in the Battle of Tippecanoe against the Shawnee leader, Tecumseh, made this future president a national hero

• John Tyler

• Andrew Jackson

• Martin Van Buren

• William Henry Harrison

In August 1814, the British set fire to this major building

• Mount Vernon

• US Capital Building

• White House

• Supreme Court

The Belgian city in which the treaty that ended the War of 1812 was signed

• Brussels

• Bruges

• Ghent

• Antwerp

Andrew Jackson became a national hero after winning this battle--2 weeks after the Treaty of Ghent was signed

• Battle of New Orleans

• Battle of Pigeon Roost

• Battle of Washington DC

• Battle of Memphis

Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star Spangled Banner" after witnessing this event

• the burning of the White House

• the Battle of New Orleans

• the attack on Fort McHenry

• the signing of the Louisiana Purchase