Author Question: The policy expressed in the Monroe Doctrine was principally directed at A. Mexico. B. Asia. ... (Read 72 times)

tsand2 · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

The presidential administration of John Quincy Adams was

A. noted for its inability to carry out its policies effectively.

B. plagued by financial corruption.

C. deeply antagonistic to the ideas behind Clay's American System.

D. successful in domestic policies, but had little success in foreign policies.

E. widely popular in the South for its tariff policies.

Question 2

The Monroe Doctrine declared that

A. the United States had a manifest destiny to colonize North America.

B. European powers should not engage in new colonization of the American continents.

C. Cuba should come under the control of the United States.

D. European powers should abandon all their interests in the Western Hemisphere.

E. the United States reserved the right to involve itself in European affairs.

Question 3

The writing of the Monroe Doctrine

A. was an important example of American nationalism.

B. was primarily based on the earlier writings of Thomas Jefferson.

C. was motivated by American interests in Hawaii.

D. had an immediate and dramatic effect on American policy.

E. deeply angered the European powers.

Question 4

The so-called corrupt bargain was negotiated between

A. John C. Calhoun and Andrew Jackson.

B. John Quincy Adams and John C. Calhoun.

C. Henry Clay and Andrew Jackson.

D. Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams.

E. William Crawford and John Quincy Adams.

Question 5

In the presidential election of 1824,

A. Henry Clay received the fourth-most electoral votes and was elected president by the House of Representatives.

B. None of these answers is correct.

C. Andrew Jackson received the most electoral votes and became president.

D. John Q. Adams received the second-most electoral votes and was elected president by the House of Representatives.

E. William Crawford received the most electoral votes, but he died before a president was chosen.

Question 6

The policy expressed in the Monroe Doctrine was principally directed at

A. Mexico.

B. Asia.

C. American Indians.

D. Europe.

E. southern slaveholders.