Question 1
The Louisiana Purchase more than ________ the size of the United States.
A) doubled
B) tripled
C) quadrupled
D) quintupled
Question 2
The diplomatic successes of the Monroe administration were largely due to the efforts of:
A) John Quincy Adams.
B) Henry Clay.
C) James Madison.
D) Andrew Jackson.
Question 3
In 1800, the area of the United States settled by non-Indians:
A) was confined to the Atlantic seaboard.
B) had spread far past the Mississippi River.
C) had spread into the Ohio valley.
D) was limited by French control of the Great Lakes.
Question 4
The signing of the Treaty of Ghent was mainly a result of:
A) the American victory at Pensacola.
B) the end of the Napoleonic Wars.
C) British fear that Spain would enter the War of 1812 on America's side.
D) demands made at the Hartford Convention.
Question 5
The irony of Andrew Jackson's victory at New Orleans was that:
A) it was fought after the Peace of Ghent had been signed.
B) the British commander had been ordered not to attack.
C) Monroe had already agreed to cede New Orleans to Spain.
D) it left Ft. McHenry vulnerable to British attack.
General Andrew Jackson, on the horse, exhorts his men to throw back the advancing British; they succ
Andrew Jackson as president.
President-elect Barack Obama, his daughters, and wife, Michelle, celebrate his victory in November 2
Jackson Pollock, No. 32, 1950.
Scenes of the Celebration of Victory