Age of Jefferson to Westward Expansion

A

100

In 1804, Thomas Jefferson commissioned this famous expedition to explore the newly acquired Louisiana Territory. What were the names of the two leaders of this expedition?

Lewis and Clark Expedition

200

This president was bitter rivals with Thomas Jefferson, but they later became friends and died on the same day (July 4th).

John Adams

300

This war was caused by the British forcing Americans into their Navy (called impressment).  The British burned down the White House and Capitol but America won.

The War of 1812

400

Name one way that Americans' belief in manifest destiny shaped the expansion of the United States

--Polk provoked a fight over disputed territory to start the Mexican-American War.  He was elected because he promised Americans more land.

--People rushed to California for Gold.  They believed they were entitled to it and it was theirs to take.

--Indian land was taken by settlers who argued God was on their side

B

100

Thomas Jefferson's presidency is known for the acquisition of a vast territory in 1803. What was this land purchase called, and from which country was it acquired?

Louisiana Purchase---France

200

The ______Doctrine warned European powers to stay out of Latin America during the early 1800s.

Hint:  Named after a President

Monroe

300

Name 4 important innovations of the market revolution.

Steam engine, railroad, interchangeable parts, telegraph, steel plow, etc.

400

Name 3 criticisms of Andrew Jackson

--Allowed Indian Removal

--Political corruption (spoils system)

--Ignored the Constitution (national bank controversy)

--Encouraged Slavery

C

100

Marked by a wave of enthusiastic religious revivals, the ___________________ set the stage for equally enthusiastic social reform movements, especially abolitionism and temperance.

Second Great Awakening

200

This 1820 Compromise admitted ___________as a slave state and Maine as a free state and declared a policy of prohibiting slavery in the remaining Louisiana Purchase lands north of the 36°30′ parallel.

Missouri (Compromise)

300

Name 3 reformers of the Antebellum Reform movement

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglass, etc.

400

Name 2 positives of Andrew Jackson's presidency

--Emphasized the "common man"

--First self-made president

--Expanded voting rights

--Expanded power of the President

D

100

The 19th century belief that it was fate for the US to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean:

Manifest Destiny

200

As a result of this war, Mexico ceded 55 percent of its territory, including the present-day states California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, most of Arizona and Colorado, and parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Wyoming.

Mexican-American War

300

Americans in Texas revolted against Mexico for which two reasons:

To keep their slaves and religion (protestantism)

400

In the 1790s, founders like Thomas Jefferson and George Washington argued that slavery was a necessary evil, whereas by the 1820s, Southerners like John C. Calhoun began to portray slavery as a "________  _______."

positive good