Vocabulary
a severe food shortage
What is famine?
the journey of Native American groups to
Indian Territory
What is the Trail of Tears?
Washington chose one of these to run each department within the government
What is a secretary?
To get around the Constitution, Jefferson used this to get the Louisiana Purchase?
What is a treaty?
He was a threat to settlers in the Northwest Territory
Who was Tecumseh?
He was considered the People's President
Who was Andrew Jackson?
Before the invention of the _______ cotton was hard to clean.
What is the cotton gin?
the right to vote
What is suffrage?
the goal of the movement that fought to end slavery
What is abolition?
Hamilton supported these because they raised money for the federal government and helped American businesses.
What are high tariffs?
This geograhapic feature in the west would have been tricky for the Lewis and Clark expedition to cross
What are the Rocky Mountains?
Americans were very angry that British ships kept doing this
What is capturing sailors and forcing them to work?
Escaped slaves joined this tribe in Florida
Who were the Seminoles?
This former slave supported women's rights
Who was Sojourner Truth?
a song of praise, often to one’s nation
What is anthem?
to improve society
What is reform?
Washington thought that forming these was a bad idea
What are political parties?
Jefferson paid this much for the Louisiana Purchase in the end
What is $15 Million?
This showed that the US was stronger than Great Britain
What is US victory at the Battle of Orleans?
James Monroe focused on this
What is foreign policy?
These were 2 ways women worked for improvement in society
What are making education more available to girls, fighting for the abolishment of slavery, and pushing temperance?
the actions governments take in relation to other
governments and nations
What is foreign policy?
pride in one’s nation
What is nationalism?
Washington hoped that the capital would be the center of _________ and be separate from the _________ centers of the country.
What are government and business?
Why was the Louisiana Purchase up for sale?
What is Napoleon needed to pay for a war with Britain?
Why was the Battle of New Orleans fought in January 1815?
The desire for white settlers to settle in the southeastern US lead to this act
What was the Indian Removal Act?
This is credited with starting the women's rights movement in the USA
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
a warning to European governments not to try to colonize the Americas
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
a group of advisors to the president
What is a Cabinet?
These 2 members of Washington's Cabinet started political parties
Who are Jefferson and Hamilton?
She was an extremely helpful translator on the Lewis and Clark expedition
Who was Sacagawea?
Who won the War of 1812?
Who is no one? A peace treaty was signed to end the war.
He fought in the Supreme Court and won
Who was John Ross
Slavery was attacked using these two ways to promote abolishment
What are speeches and articles?
forcing sailors to work on another country’s ships
What is impressment?
a group of people chosen by each state to vote for the President and Vice President
What is the Electoral College?
This was created so people in different states could do business with each other easier
What is a National Bank?
What were the 3 goals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
What are 1) find a water route to the Pacific Ocean, 2) learn about the Native Americans in the area, 3) study the regions plants, animals, and landforms. (in any order)
This was written during the War of 1812 near Balitmore
What is the national anthem or the Star-Spangled Banner?
_______ Cherokees had to travel about _______ miles on the Trail of Tears
What is 15,000 and 1,000?
Name 3 hardships women faced?
What are 1) couldn't own property 2) not allowed to vote 3) usually could not go to college 4) harsh working conditions 5) low pay 6) long hours
Any 3 would be correct