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History 1301 Final Exam Questions and Answers Already Passed Embargo Act of 1807✔✔ Halted the shipment of goods from the US to Europe in response to British military and naval aggression. Non-... Intercourse Act of 1808✔✔ Permitted American exporters to ship their goods to all European countries except for France and England. Causes of War of 1812✔✔ Impressment of US sailors & seizure of US ships, British occupation of Western forts and inciting Native American rebellions Treaty of Ghent✔✔ Peace treaty signed by the US and Great Britain in 1815, ending the War of 1812. War of 1812✔✔ A military and naval conflict that pitted the US forces against the British and their Indian allies. The end of the war eliminated post-Revolutionary British threats to US sovereignty. The Missouri Compromise✔✔ In 1820, 11 free and 11 slave states. Henry Clay proposed to admit Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state. As part of the Missouri Compromise, Congress drew an imaginary line at latitude 36,30 N in which slavery would be outlawed. Monroe Doctrine✔✔ Policy announced by Pres, James Monroe in 1823 that the era of European colonization of the Americas had ceased; warned foreign powers (Russia, Spain, & Britain) that the US would not allow them to intervene in the Western hemisphere. National Republicans✔✔ Led by John Adams, favored greater federal role in funding internal improvements and public education Election of 1824✔✔ No one won a majority of electoral votes, so the House of Representatives had to decide among Adams, Jackson, and Clay. Clay dropped out and urged his supporters in the House to throw their votes behind Adams. Jackson and his followers were furious and accused Adams and Clay of a "corrupt bargain." Election of 1828✔✔ The election of 1824 convinced Van Buren of the need for a renewed twoparty competition. In the election of 1828, a new party formed & gradually became known as the Democratic Party which made Jackson president & Calhoun VP. Opponents called themselves the National Republicans. [Show More]

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