This is a any person who leads the way into new areas.
Pioneer
100
This vocabulary word means not taking sides in a war or conflict.
neutral
100
Who were the explorers of the Louisiana Purchase?
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
100
Who was a Virginia pioneer and trailblazer, nicknamed “the Pathfinder.” and guided settlers through the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky?
Daniel Boone
100
A natural pass through the Cumberland Mountains of Kentucky.
Cumberland Gap
200
What is a country’s official song, such as “The Star-Spangled Banner” called?
national anthem
200
This is name given to the members of Congress from the South and the West in the early 1800s who wanted the United States to go to war against Great Britain.
War Hawks
200
This person was the third president of the United States from 1801 – 1809. He was also a political philosopher and the author of the Declaration of Independence who later bought the Louisiana Purchase from France.
Thomas Jefferson
200
He was President from 1809 – 1817. He was in Washington. D.C. when the British forces invaded Washington, D.C., during the War of 1812.
James Madison
200
The new capital of the United States which the British attacked during the War of 1812.
Washington, D.C.
300
This is the name given to the war between Great Britain and the United States from 1812 – 1815.
War of 1812
300
This kind of map shows the boundaries of states or countries.
political map
300
He was the Kentucky senator who was the leader of the War Hawks.
Henry Clay
300
Seventh President of the United States from 1829 – 1837. He defeated the British at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 and was known as “Old Hickory.”
Andrew Jackson
300
The name given to the 800-mile forced march of 15,000 Cherokee in 1838 from their homes in Georgia to the Indian Territory.
Trail of Tears
400
The name given to the period of peace and prosperity that followed the War of 1812.
Era of Good Feelings
400
A law passed by Congress in 1830 forcing Native Americans of the Southeast to move to what is now Oklahoma.
Indian Removal Act
400
President from 1825 - 1829. He did not believe in including people in government who were not wealthy.
John Quincy Adams
400
Fifth President of the United States from 1817-1825. He proclaimed the Monroe Doctrine, which opposed European interference in the Western Hemisphere.
James Monroe
400
The territory purchase by the United States from France in 1803, reaching from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada.
Louisiana Purchase
500
A declaration of the United States foreign policy by President James Monroe in 1823 that opposed European colonization or interference in the Western Hemisphere.
Monroe Doctrine
500
Who was the Seminole chief who resisted his people’s removal from Florida?
Osceola
500
Shoshone guide and translator for the Lewis and Clark expedition from 1805 to 1806.
Sacajawea
500
This Native American chief tried to stop the United States government from taking over Cherokee lands by taking his case to the Supreme Court
John Ross
500
A United States victory over British forces in the last battle of the War of 1812.