MONROE 



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MONROE 



OUTLINE AND QUESTIONS ON JAMES MONROE 



Outline 



I. Youth and Preparation 



(1) Birth 



(2) Ancestry 



(3) Education 



II. Military Experience 



(1) First campaign 



(2) On Lord Sterling's staff 



(3) In Virginia 



III. Public Career 



(1) In Virginia assembly 



(2) In Congress 



(3) In Virginia convention of 1788 



(4) As United States Senator 



(5) Minister to France 



(6) Governor of Virginia 



(7) Further diplomatic missions 



(8) Again governor of Virginia 



(9) Secretary of State 



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IV. His Administrations 



"Era of good feeling" 



(a) Its causes 



(b) Its effects 

 National expansion 



(a) Internal improvements 



(b) Five new states 



War with Seminole Indians 



(a) Causes 



(b) Significance 



(c) Purchase of Florida, 1819 

 Crisis of 1819 



Missouri Compromise 



(a) Necessity for compromise 



(b) Details of arrangement 

 Election of 1820' 



Monroe Doctrine 



The "American System" 



(a) To build home markets 



(b) To strengthen home industries 

 Lafayette's visit to America 

 First steamer crossed Atlantic 



Questions 



Which of the following men belonged to Monroe's party: Madison, Jefferson, 

 Jay, Washington, Marshall, John Randolph, Patrick Henry? 



In what battles of the Revolutionary War did Monroe take part? 



What was his part in the War of 1812? 



Why was Monroe's expedition into Virginia in 1778 of importance? 



How did Washington "maintain the balance" when he sent Monroe as minister 

 to France? 



What did Monroe call "the most shameful transaction I have ever known of the 

 kind?" 



In what sense was he not successful as a diplomat? 



What was the "vision of Henry Clay?" How far has it become an actuality since 

 his day? 



How did it happen that there were no political parties during this administra- 

 tion? 



How was the great popularity of the President shown in the election of 1820? 



What is the combined area of the states admitted during this administration? 



In what sense can it be said that a war in which not a white man was killed was 

 one of the most important in the history of the country? 



Of what document was the statement that America is not to be considered a 

 "subject for future colonization by an European power" a part? What are the 

 essential features of the declaration? 



What part did Monroe assume in the affairs of his country before his election 

 to the Presidency? 



In what year did the first steamship cross the Atlantic Ocean? 



