Vocabulary
This is a person who encourages people/governments to fight in wars
What is a War Hawk
This is the US President who purchased the Louisiana Territory from Napoleon
Who is Thomas Jefferson
This British-American war began in 1812
What is the War of 1812
This French leader sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States for $15 Million...roughly 3 cents an acre!
This was the British policy of kidnapping American sailors and forcing them into the British Navy before the War of 1812
What is impressment
Jefferson sent these two men to explore the newly purchased Louisiana Territory
Who are Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
This President and his First Lady took part in defending and evacuating the White House in 1814 when the British Army burned it to the ground.
Oh yeah, and something about a portrait of Washington...
Who are James Madison and Dolley Madison
TRUE OR FALSE: Everybody was thrilled with the idea of purchasing the Louisiana Territory from the French!
FALSE
To cut off trade with another country
What is embargo
This Cherokee leader invented an alphabet for the Cherokee language to preserve Cherokee culture in the face of forced assimilation.
He even wrote a Cherokee Constitution modeled after the US Constitution!
Who is Sequoia
This Shawnee leader and his brother Tenskwatawa (aka "The Prophet") created a confederation of Native American tribes to resist American expansion into their lands.
Who is Tecumseh
This President (and soldier, lawyer, senator, and casual duelist) was the 7th President of the United States and is responsible for Indigenous removal in the South and West, the Indian Removal Act, the Black Hawk War, and the Trail of Tears
Who is Andrew Jackson
To blend in with a culture
What is assimilate
This Shoshone Native woman acted as a guide and translator for the Lewis and Clark Expedition - all while carrying her infant son with her. She was only 16 at the time
Who is Sacagawea
This Native American Leader resisted Andrew Jackson's efforts to remove his people from their homelands. The armed conflict that followed was named after him.
When he surrendered, he said he was surrendering to "the cheating men."
Who is Black Hawk
These are the two reasons why America declared war on Great Britain in 1812
1) Impressment of American Sailors
2) Arming Tecumseh and other resisting Native Americans
The forced migration of Native peoples from their homes to "Indian Territory" in response to the Indian Removal Act. 4,000 people died during this march from exposure, exhaustion, disease, and malnutrition.
What is the Trail of Tears
This man is credited with being the first African-American to cross North America on foot. He was an enslaved person who journeyed with Lewis and Clark.
Who is York
At the end of the War of 1812, this side gained the most land
TRICK QUESTION! Neither Britain nor the US lost or gained any land at the end of the war.
This treaty ended the War of 1812
What is the Treaty of Ghent
Please list THREE BENEFITS of purchasing the Louisiana Territory and THREE DOWNSIDES of purchasing the Louisiana Territory
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