Deck 12: The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism,1812-1824

Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
"wildcat" banks

Answer 1

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Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
John Quincy Adams

Answer 2

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Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
George Canning

Answer 3

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Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
James Fenimore Cooper

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
James Monroe

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
internal improvements

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
protective tariff

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Francis Scott Key

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Washington Irving

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Thomas Macdonough

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Daniel Webster

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
nationalism

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Henry Clay

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Isaac Brock

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
peculiar institution

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Andrew Jackson

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Oliver Hazard Perry

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
sectionalism

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
John Marshall

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
William Henry Harrison

Question 21

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Rush-Bagot Agreement

Question 22

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Fort Michilimackinac

Question 23

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
loose construction

Question 24

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
"Virginia dynasty"

Question 25

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Tsar Alexander I

Question 26

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Congress of Vienna

Question 27

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Anglo-American Convention

Question 28

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
armistice

Question 29

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Fort McHenry

Question 30

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Second Bank of the United States

Question 31

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Gibbons v.Ogden

Question 32

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
McCulloch v.Maryland

Question 33

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
North American Review

Question 34

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
U.S.S Constitution

Question 35

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Tariff of 1816

Question 36

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Stephen Decatur

Question 37

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Battle of Horseshoe Bend

Question 38

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
American System

Question 39

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
British blockade of 1814-1815

Question 40

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Land Act of 1820

Question 41

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Monroe Doctrine

Question 42

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Erie Canal

Question 43

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Hartford Convention

Question 44

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Cumberland Road

Question 45

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Missouri Compromise

Question 46

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
panic of 1819

Question 47

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Latin American republics

Question 48

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Battle of the Thames

Question 49

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Treaty of Ghent

Question 50

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Florida Purchase Treaty (Adams-Onis Treaty)

Question 51

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Battle of Plattsburgh

Question 52

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
"Butternuts"

Question 53

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Tallmadge amendment

Question 54

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
War of 1812

Question 55

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Battle of New Orleans

Question 56

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Oregon country

Question 57

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Era of Good Feelings

Question 58

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Dartmouth College v.Woodward

Question 59

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
"The Star-Spangled Banner"

Question 60

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Fletcher v.Peck

Question 61

The British attack on Baltimore

A) resulted in another British victory.
B) was followed by the British invasion of Washington, D.C.
C) inspired the writing of "The Star-Spangled Banner."
D) was turned back in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
E) led to the composition of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."

Question 62

What American city did the British set fire to and largely destroy in 1814?

A) Baltimore
B) New York
C) New Orleans
D) Washington
E) Charleston

Question 63

What is true about the outcome of the Battle of New Orleans?

A) It provided American diplomats with a large bargaining chip at Ghent.
B) It guaranteed American control of the Louisiana Purchase territory.
C) It led Americans to accept the war as a complete stalemate.
D) It forced the British to seek a peace settlement.
E) It was won after the peace treaty was signed.

Question 64

The most devastating defeat suffered by the British during the War of 1812 took place at the Battle of

A) New Orleans.
B) Horseshoe Bend.
C) Tippecanoe.
D) the Thames.
E) Bladensburg.

Question 65

At the peace conference at Ghent,the British eventually

A) refused to bargain without the involvement of their Indian allies.
B) demanded more and more from the Americans, whose army had shown its weaknesses.
C) offered Canada to the United States in exchange for the Oregon country.
D) proposed to reopen trade if the Americans cut all ties to Napoleon.
E) backed away from their earlier demands for several concessions from the United States.

Question 66

One result of the American naval victories on the Great Lakes was

A) a British naval blockade of the United States.
B) the U.S. ability to prevent British landings on American soil.
C) an increase in British naval operations in Canadian waters.
D) American control of the Caribbean shipping lanes.
E) U.S. disruption of British overseas trade.

Question 67

The Battle of New Orleans

A) was won by Andrew Jackson and a rag-tag force of soldiers, sailors, pirates, and Frenchmen.
B) was fought by ill-trained British soldiers and Indian allies against an organized, disciplined American force.
C) enabled Americans to gain huge concessions from the British in the subsequent peace treaty.
D) led the defeated Spanish to hand over Florida to the United States.
E) resulted in Louisiana becoming part of the United States.

Question 68

The ill-fated American invasion of Canada was comprised of a

A) full-scale naval assault on Newfoundland.
B) major land assault on Fort Michilimackinac.
C) three-pronged invasion launched from Detroit, Niagara, and Lake Champlain.
D) coordinated naval and army attack on the strategic hub of Montreal.
E) two-pronged invasion launched from New Orleans and New York.

Question 69

From a global perspective,the War of 1812 was

A) one of the turning points of nineteenth-century history.
B) more important to Europeans than to Americans.
C) of little importance.
D) a major contributor to the defeat of Napoleon.
E) the first important check on the rising British empire.

Question 70

The delegates of the Hartford Convention adopted a resolution that demanded

A) a two-term limit on the presidency.
B) a guarantee of no future wars with Britain.
C) financial compensation to the New England states for use of their militias.
D) the abolition of the "three-fifths" clause.
E) a reduction in the amount of land available for new settlement in the West.

Question 71

From the outset,the British and Canadian forces in the War of 1812 were

A) energetic and better organized than the Americans.
B) thoroughly unprepared.
C) unable to keep up with their Indian allies.
D) too exhausted from fighting Napoleon in Europe to be effective.
E) savage and engaged in widespread massacres along the U.S. border.

Question 72

Which two future U.S.Presidents first gained fame as heroes of the War of 1812?

A) William Henry Harrison and James Buchanan
B) John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson
C) Millard Fillmore and James K. Polk
D) Andrew Jackson and William Henry Harrison
E) William Henry Harrison and John Tyler

Question 73

In diplomatic and economic terms,the War of 1812

A) was a disaster for the United States.
B) could be considered the Second War for American Independence.
C) had few significant consequences for Americans.
D) created permanent hostility between the United States and Canada.
E) made Americans more internationally minded.

Question 74

When the United States entered the War of 1812,it was

A) militarily unprepared.
B) allied with France.
C) united in support of the war.
D) fortunate to have a strong and assertive commander in chief.
E) clear what its political and military objectives were.

Question 75

Perhaps the key battle of the War of 1812,because it protected the United States from full-scale invasion and possible dissolution,was the Battle of

A) Mackinac.
B) Plattsburgh.
C) the Thames.
D) Baltimore.
E) New Orleans.

Question 76

America's campaign against Canada in the War of 1812 was

A) marked by brilliant military leadership.
B) a complete failure.
C) essentially a stalemate.
D) welcomed by the rebellious Canadians.
E) a success on land but a failure on the water.

Question 77

The War of 1812 was one of the worst-fought wars in United States history because

A) the American military strategy was hopelessly flawed.
B) no talented military commanders emerged.
C) of inadequate financing of the war.
D) the navy lacked skill and discipline.
E) of the nation's apathy and national disunity.

Question 78

The Rush-Bagot agreement

A) required the Indians to relinquish tribal lands north of the Ohio River.
B) ended the War of 1812.
C) limited naval armaments on the Great Lakes.
D) established the U.S.-Canadian boundary.
E) provided for U.S. recognition of Canadian independence.

Question 79

The performance of the United States Navy in the War of 1812 could be best described as

A) poor and unsuccessful in every category.
B) less successful than that of the army.
C) courageous but strategically ineffective.
D) most effective on the Atlantic Ocean.
E) surprisingly successful.

Question 80

New England´s discontent with the pre-war embargo and the War of 1812 led to

A) the revival of the Federalist party and the end of the "Virginia dynasty."
B) the growth of strong secessionist and nullification sentiments in New England.
C) a Canadian invasion that almost cost the United States its northeastern section.
D) a separate peace treaty with Great Britain known as the Hartford Convention.
E) the Missouri Compromise, which ended the war in return for concessions from New England.