The First Presidents
A group of people chosen by each state to choose the president and vice president
Electoral College
A person who moved to the frontier
pioneer
Who did America fight in the War of 1812?
Britain
What state did the U.S. gain from the Adams-Onis Treaty?
Florida
Irish immigrants
Only president to ever be unanimously elected
George Washington
More than one family traveling together to help each other
Caravan
The capturing of American sailors and forcing them to work
impressment
What document warned European leaders to NOT colonize in western hemisphere?
Monroe Doctrine
What state wanted to become a part of the union in 1820, but would disrupt the balance of free and slave states?
Missouri
The names of the first two political parties
Federalists and Democratic-Republicans
What did the U.S. want from France?
New Orleans
What American Indian leader united groups to fight against U.S.?
Tecumseh
What did Andrew Jackson want to get rid of?
The Second Bank of America
What invention increased the need for more enslaved Africans in the South?
Cotton Gin
Where was the first capitol of the U.S. located?
Philadelphia, PA
$15 million and doubled the US territory
Andrew Jackson was a hero of this battle that occurred after the war was over
Battle of New Orleans
What act did the congress pass in 1830?
The Indian Removal Act
What was the name of the anti-slavery newspaper William Lloyd Garrison wrote for?
The Liberator
What act ,proposed by John Adams, made it difficult for immigrants to become citizens?
Alien and Sedition Acts
Which frontiersman found the Cumberland Gap?
Daniel Boone
This person was inspired by the fight at Ft. McHenry to write the Star Spangled Banner
Francis Key Scott
Which American Indian group declared themselves a sovereign state and brought their case to the Supreme Court?
The Cherokee
What event did Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott organize to discuss equality for women in 1848?
The Seneca Falls Convention