Terms, Concepts, & Foreign Policy Events
this term usually refers to a country that is governed by a president and representatives elected by the people and where there is no king or queen
What is a Republic?
this Founding Father & U.S. President warned in his Farewell Address not to get involved in foreign affairs or alliances and just focus on commercial relations.
Who was George Washington?
this land was ceded to the United States by Great Britain after the American Revolution that eventually became the states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and part of Minnesota
What was the Northwest Territory
This Shoshone women was a key integral leader of the Lewis & Clark Expedition who aided with Indigenous translation and relations throughout the arduous journey.
Who was Sacajawea?
This was the conflict between the United States and Britain fought from 1812 to 1815. The war was caused by British impressment of American sailors, trade restrictions, and British support for Native American tribes resisting American expansion. Many Americans debated whether entering this war was worth the economic costs and loss of life.
The War of 1812
this term means having the authority to govern and make independent decisions.
What is sovereign?
Who was Thomas Jefferson
This land purchased from France at a great price nearly doubled the size of the U.S.
What was the Louisiana Territory?
This controversial 1830 act of Congress that passed by only 5 votes was to acquire land of Indigenous Nations in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and Mississippi in exchange for land in Oklahoma
What was the Indian Removal Act?
This was the term used when talking about the practice of forcibly recruiting American sailors into the Royal Navy for military service which was a major cause of the War of 1812.
What was impressment?
this term refers to a formal and legally binding agreement between two or more sovereign nations
What is a treaty?
This Founding Father & U.S. President passed the controversial Alien & Sedition Acts in 1798 that allowed the U.S. govt to arrest and deport male citizens of enemy countries. They also allowed the U.S. to deport non-citizens thought to be plotting against the government.
Who was John Adams?
This territory finalized the 49th parallel establishing borders with Canada, and created current day states of Oregon, Washington, & Idaho, etc.
What was the Oregon Territory?
This was the path traveled by approximately 100,000 Indigenous peoples from their native lands to territory in Oklahoma
What was the Trail of Tears?
This group of people were Southerners and Westerners led by Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun, who were all for another go-around vs. Great Britain
Who were the War Hawks
this term refers to a journey taken for a specific purpose
What is an expedition?
This Founding Father & U.S. President at first was getting pushback not to get involved in another war with Great Britain due to the economic hardship it may cause to the young Republic. Yet ultimately he decided to declare war on Great Britain due to the treatment of his American sailors.
Who was James Madison?
This was where the Alamo is located
Where is San Antonio, Texas?
Although known to primarily effect the Cherokee nation during the Trail of Tears name one other Indigenous group that may have been affected from the Indian Removal Act.
What was the Potawatomi, Muscogee, Seminole, Kickapoo, Shawnee, or Eastern Cherokee nations?
These groups supported the British cause due to the promise of allowing them to keep their own land from the Western settler.
Who were multiple Indigenous Tribes?
a conflict from 1791 to 1804 lead by Toussant Overture between enslaved peoples and France, ending in this Caribbean country becoming the 1st country to be founded by formerly enslaved people.
What is the Haitian Revolution or Haiti?
This U.S. President nickname was "Old Hickory" initially friends with Davey Crockett as Crockett served underneath him when he was a general in the Creek War prior to 1812. Crockett would later disagree with his leanings on the treatment of the Indigenous Peoples.
Who was Andrew Jackson?
This territory acquisition from Mexico in 1854 created the states of Arizona & New Mexico
What was the Gadsden Purchase?
In 1795, after realizing they won't win the battle & control of the Northwest Territory this Indigenous tribal leader signed the Treaty of Greenville, while this leader who would make another return in the War of 1812 on the side of the British refused to sign it.
Many Americans questioned whether entering another war was worth the economic costs and loss of life for this new, young nation.
What was the debate to enter the War of 1812?