Chapter 12 Midterm Flashcards
All of the following were true of the American regular army on the eve if the War of 1812 except
Their numbers were large enough that they did not have to rely on the militia
Canada became an important battleground in the War of 1812 because
British forces were weakest there
The performance of the United States’ Navy in the War of 1812 could be best described as
Much better than that of the army
The British attack on Fort McHenry
Inspired the writing of “The Star-Spangled Banner”
The Battle of New Orleans
Unleashed a wave of nationalism and self-confidence
One result of the American naval victories during the War of 1812 was
A British blockade of the American coast
At the peace conference at Ghent, the British began to withdraw many of its earlier demand for all of the following reasons except
The American victory at New Orleans
The delegates of the Hartford Convention adopted resolutions that included a call for
A constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds vote in congress before war was declared
The resolutions from the Hartford Convention
Helped to cause the death of the Federalist Party
The outcome of the War of 1812 was
A stimulus to patriotic nationalism in the United States
The Rush-Bagot agreement
Limited naval armaments on the Great Lakes
One of the nationally recognized American authors in the 1820s was
Washington Irving
Post war of 1812 nationalism could be seen in all of the following except
A revival of American religion
The Tariff of 1816 was the first in American history
Than aimed to protect American industry
New England opposed the Anerican Systems federally constructed roads because
They would drain away needed population to the west
Democratic republicans opposed Henry clay’s American system because
They believed that it was unconstitutional
The era of good feelings
Was a misnomer, because the period was a troubled one
The panic of 1819 brought with it all of the following except
Inflation
The western land boom resulted from all of the following except
The construction of railroad lines west of the Mississippi River
When the House of Representatives passed the tallmadge amendment in response to Missouri’s request for admission to the union, the south thought that the amendment
Would threaten the sectional balance
As a result of the Missouri compromise
Slavery was banned north of 36 30’ in the Louisiana purchase territory
In interpreting the constitution, John Marshall
Favored “ loose construction”
John Marshall uttered his famous legal dictum that “the power to tax involves the power to destroy” in
McCulloch v. Maryland
In McCulloch v. Maryland, cohens, v. Virginia, and gibbons v. Ogden, Chief Justice Marshall’s rulings limited the extent of
States rights
