Madison and Monroe

What were two reasons some Americans supported going to war with Great Britain during Madison's Administration?

• They disliked the embargo

• They accused Britain of stirring up trouble with American Indians living in the west.

• Britain kept impressing American sailors into the British navy

• They blamed Britain for the the Latin American revolutions

In response to Latin American revolutions what did President Monroe do?

• Ask Congress to declare war

• Announced a policy that became known as the Monroe Doctrine.

• Followed Washington's policy of isolationism

President James Monroe’s declaration in 1823 that the Western Hemisphere was no longer open to European colonization

• Embargo Act

• Battle of New Orleans

• Treaty of Ghent

• Monroe Doctrine

This man was president during the Era of Good Feelings.

• John Quincy Adams

• Andrew Jackson

• James Monroe

• James Madison

What was the main reason President Monroe made this statement?

• To strengthen political alliances with European allies

• To address European competition for natural resources

• To increase US military readiness for European expansion

• To prevent European intervention in countries near the US

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8.5E

The US foreign policy illustrated in this cartoon was intended to -

• prevent further European colonization in the Western Hemisphere

• deter Spain from inciting revolution in former US colonies

• encourage European powers to invest in Latin America

• keep the war between France and Spain from spreading to Latin America

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8.5E

Match the event to the proper presidency.

• John Q. Adams

• Warned European countries against colonization

• Andrew Jackson

• Increased levels of voter participation

• James Monroe

• Won election through a corrupt bargain

• James Madison

• Led US during the War of 1812

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8.5E

The years of the ​ (a)   Presidency are often referred to as the "Era of Good Feelings" because the US desired unity and had a sense of national purpose.

• Monroe

• Madison

• Adams

• Jackson

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8.1A

President Monroe issued the Monroe Doctrine to prevent

• British Interference in American Expansion

• Spain from establishing control of Florida.

• European nations from claiming territory in the Americas.

• France from trying to regain Canada.

What was the purpose of the Monroe Doctrine?

• To send a message to European nations that any attempts to regain former colonies in the Americas would be met with military intervention by the United States.

• To create a trade agreement with the newly independent nations of Latin America, in order to gain an economic advantage on Europe.

• To enter into a treaty with Spain, in an effort to take land from Mexico.

• To purchase Florida from the Spanish, and place Black Seminoles back into slavery.