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Question 1

What was the strategic value of trying to obtain the Oregon Country for the United States, according to John Quincy Adams and others in government who were in favor of acquiring it?
 
  A) It provided a Pacific Northwest base to expand into Alaska should Russia decide to cede the territory to the United States.
  B) It would be a useful political leverage in concluding upcoming negotiations with Russia over the border of Alaska with the United States.
  C) The United States would be able to overwhelm the restive native peoples of the region if it had full political control of Oregon.
  D) An American presence at the mouth of the Columbia River in Oregon would be beneficial not only for access in the fur trade but as a way to enter Pacific trade with Asia.

Question 2

The Adams-Ons Treaty accomplished all of the following EXCEPT
 
  A) Spain ceding Florida to the United States.
  B) Spain agreed to cede its rights to the Oregon Territory to the United States.
  C) Spain agreed to cede part of Northern California and the Rocky Mountains to the United States.
  D) the United States paid 5 million in debts.

Question 3

What did the negotiations by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, concluding in the Anglo-American Convention, resolve about Oregon?
 
  A) Britain and the United States agreed to joint control of the Pacific Northwest for 10 years and to resolve other issues in the future.
  B) Britain agreed to cede control of the Pacific Northwest to the United States in exchange for 10 million and to resolve other issues in the future.
  C) The United States agreed to cede control of the Pacific Northwest to Great Britain in exchange for 10 million and to resolve other issues in the future.
  D) The United States and Great Britain agreed to create a protective land and Columbian River fishing corridor for the native peoples of Oregon and agreed to joint control of the Pacific Northwest for the next 25 years.

Question 4

Great Britain's fear of a resumption of war with France and antiwar political pressure from the Federalists helped move Great Britain and the United States to concluding a peace treaty, the Treaty of Ghent, in 1815.
 
  Indicate whether this statement is true or false.



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Answer 1

Answer: D

Answer 2

Answer: C

Answer 3

Answer: A

Answer 4

Answer: TRUE



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