Judiciary Act 1801
What was the purpose of the Judiciary Act?
To maintain power and expand the federal court system
Who declared the Middle East of the US "The Great Plains"
Stephen H. Longs
Who tried to form a military alliance with ALL the Ohio Valley tribes?
Tecumseh
Which form of transportation was mainly in the north?
Steam Locomotives
What is subsistence farming?
When farmers grow food crops to feed themselves and their families. Farming for survival
What caused the 12th Amendment to be put in place?
The tie for President between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr in 1800
What was the role of Robert Livingston?
Livingston negotiated with France to purchase the Louisiana Territory
Who gathered the leaders of the weak Ohio Valley tribes to negotiate the Treaty of Fort Wayne?
William Henry Harrison
Why were the Irish the main ethnic group to build Railroads?
19thc. respectable white men would not have done this job and it was better than what would have been offered at home.
What was the name of the first bank in the US?
First Bank of the United States
What was Alexander Hamilton's relationship to Thomas Jefferson?
Hamilton endorsed Jefferson in the Presidential Election of 1800
Who owned the Louisiana territory before the French and closed the port of New Orleans to American farmers resulting in the Louisiana Purchase?
The Spanish
What was the name of the battle in which the Indian Prophet Town was destroyed?
Tippecanoe
What is the term for a state being able to produce something another state may not be able to produce as abundantly due to location?
Regional Specialization
The sense of American unity and pride during the Presidency of James Monroe was called what?
The Era of Good Feeling
What duty of the Secretary of State was not completed that caused the Marbury v Madison case?
The granting of commissions
What was the Corps of Discovery?
The army assembled by Lewis and Clark to explore the Louisiana Territory
This war was fought in the Ohio Valley
The War of 1812
What did the Transportation revolution do in terms of national change?
It connected the states
York, who was enslaved to William Clark from Lewis and Clark was a slave but also a what?
An ambassador
What was the ruling of the Marbury v Madison case?
The commission was not granted to Marbury because it would contradict the Constitution
Name one of the purposes for Lewis and Clark's expedition to the Louisiana Territory?
Learn about native people
Explore the land
Investigate for French and Spanish spies
Chart strategic places
What former president extended the War of 1812 to 1815?
Andrew Jackson
Private corporations were given grants of land to built turnpikes by who?
The government
What color was the White House before it was white?
Red, constructed with Red Seneca Sandstone