Free Response Essay

“America’s first foreign policy, formulated by presidents Washington and Adams, had as its primary goal the avoidance of war at all cost.” Assess the validity of this statement in the terms of THREE of the following: –Citizen Genet controversy –Jay Treaty –Proclamation of Neutrality –XYZ Affair

Explain the influence of THREE of the following on the U.S. decision to go to war in –Embargo policies of Jefferson and Madison –British impressments of American seamen –Settlers’ conflicts with Native Americans –Expansionist goals of the War Hawks

“The early part of the 19 th century was marked by strong pressures to force Native Americans from their lands along the western frontier of the United States” Assess the validity of this statement with reference to THREE of the following: –Andrew Jackson –Tecumseh –Lewis and Clark expedition –William Henry Harrison