As a cabinet official during James Monroe’s presidency, [BLA…

As a cabinet official during James Monroe’s presidency, [BLANK-1] wrote the Monroe Doctrine, which dominated the United States’ approach to foreign policy throughout the nineteenth century. He also diffused the crisis caused by Andrew Jackson’s Occupation of Pensacola (in which the general had invaded Spanish territory and executed two British civilians, thus creating an international crisis with two foreign powers) and turned the fiasco into an advantage with the acquisition of Florida from Spain. In negotiations with the British he finalized the United States’ border with Canada and acquired a substantial strip of land in the Upper Midwest that had previously been Canadian territory.

Reduced government spending, the Louisiana Purchase, and the…

Reduced government spending, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Marbury v. Madison case were among the major issues relating to [BLANK-1]. This time period also saw a commitment to Indian Removal or acculturation and a decline in the U.S. economy resulting from the Embargo Act.