AP US History · Topic 4.4
America on the World Stage Practice
Part of Period 4: 1800–1848.
Practice questions
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Sample questions
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Sample 1difficulty 2/5
"The American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers... We owe it therefore to candor to declare that we should consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety." — President James Monroe, Annual Message, 1823
Monroe's declaration was most immediately a response to which contemporary development?
- Acheck_circle
Fears that European powers would help Spain reclaim its Latin American colonies
- B
French construction of a canal across Panama
- C
Russian colonization of California's Pacific coast
- D
British naval blockade of American ports during the War of 1812
Why
The doctrine reacted to fears that the Holy Alliance would help Spain reconquer the recently independent Latin American republics. The War of 1812 had ended; Panama and California concerns came later.
- A
Sample 2difficulty 3/5
The War of 1812 against Britain was caused primarily by
- A
A surprise Canadian invasion of upstate New York and Ohio frontier forts
- B
Religious differences between American Protestants and British Anglicans
- C
Disputes over the international slave trade and Caribbean slave smuggling
- Dcheck_circle
British impressment of American sailors, trade restrictions, and frontier conflicts
Why
"War Hawks" in Congress also wanted to expand U.S. territory.
- A
Sample 3difficulty 3/5
"Be it enacted... that an embargo be, and hereby is laid on all ships and vessels in the ports and places within the limits or jurisdiction of the United States... bound to any foreign port or place." — Embargo Act, December 22, 1807
The Embargo Act was most directly a response to which development?
- Acheck_circle
British and French interference with American neutral shipping
- B
Spanish closure of the port of New Orleans
- C
The Haitian Revolution's disruption of Caribbean trade
- D
Barbary pirate attacks on American merchants
Why
Jefferson signed the Embargo Act after British and French decrees during the Napoleonic Wars seized neutral American ships and the British impressed American sailors, including in the Chesapeake-Leopard incident.
- A
Sample 4difficulty 3/5
Texas declared independence from Mexico in
- A
1776
- Bcheck_circle
1836
- C
1861
- D
1850
Why
After the Battle of San Jacinto and the famous siege of the Alamo; Texas was an independent republic until annexed by the U.S. in 1845.
- A
Sample 5difficulty 3/5
"Brothers — When the white men first set foot on our shores, they were hungry; they had no place to spread their blankets. They were feeble; they could do nothing for themselves. Our fathers commiserated their distress, and gave them food. The white men are like poisonous serpents: when chilled they are feeble; when warmed they sting their benefactors to death." — Tecumseh, Speech to the Osages, 1811
Tecumseh's confederacy was decisively weakened by which 1813 event?
- A
Andrew Jackson's victory at Horseshoe Bend
- Bcheck_circle
His death at the Battle of the Thames
- C
The burning of Washington
- D
The Treaty of Greenville
Why
Allied with the British, Tecumseh fell at the Thames in Ontario, ending organized pan-tribal resistance in the Old Northwest.
- A