V.I.P.
Who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner?
Francis Scott Key
The French sold this territory to help pay for their ongoing war with Great Britain. This purchase nearly doubled the size of the existing United States.
Louisiana Purchase
What Lewis and Clark finally reached in 1805 until they started their long journey back
Pacific Ocean
the practice of forcibly recruiting people, particularly sailors, into military service, often by using physical coercion and intimidation (used the British Royal Navy before the War of 1812)
Impressment
The Louisiana Purchase was bought for how much?
$15 million
Who was the President who made the Louisiana Purchase?
Thomas Jefferson
The idea that the United States was destined to expand westward across North America.
Manifest Destiny
Expedition of 42 men lead by Lewis and Clark who wanted to find a land route headed west after the Louisiana Purchase.
Corps of Discovery
What country was America trying to trade with when the British Royal navy started capturing U.S. ships?
France
The year the Louisiana Purchase was made.
1803
The close personal secretary of Thomas Jefferson who was asked to map a course of the Missouri River.
Meriweather Lewis
The french port city that was an important center of trade along the Mississippi River. U.S. offered to by this port city for $10 million before the French offered to sell the whole Louisiana territory.
New Orleans
It was a major route for pioneers traveling west in the 1800s, Pioneers traveled in covered wagons pulled by oxen, horses, or mules.
Oregon Trail
The War of 1812 instilled a greater sense of _________ among its citizens.
nationalism/patriotism
Thomas Jefferson was the ____ (#) President of the United States?
3rd
Shoshone woman who served as a guide and interpreter with the Corps of Discovery as they traveled westward into Native American land.
Sacagawea
This was the “bill of rights” for settlers which stated that an area became a territory when the population reached 5,000 and at 60,000 settlers, they could apply for statehood. This was also the first attempt to stop slavery from spreading in the United States.
Northwest Ordinance
The War of 1812 contributed to westward expansion by effectively removing British support for Native American tribes who were resisting American settlement, leaving the path open for settlers to move further into the western territories. What do we call the group of young republicans who wanted to go to war?
War Hawks
During the war of 1812, the Battle of Baltimore began when British ships bombarded what location? This battle also inspired the writing of the Star Spangled banner.
Fort McHenry
When our national anthem is sung, how many times do we sing the word “star”.
2 times
Who was the First Lady known for saving important documents during the War of 1812?
Dolley Madison
Found by Daniel Boone, the natural passage through the mountains, the number of settlers that lived in the Appalachian mountains reached nearly 2 million.
Cumberland Gap
The sea lane between the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean on the northern coast of North America, Lewis and Clark did not find this, but they discovered hundreds of plants and animals instead
Northwest Passage
British encouraged native Americans to attack American settlers around the great lakes. This battle occurred between the Shawnee Nation and the US Army in 1811. This battle was one of the causes of the War of 1812.
Battle of Tippecanoe
The U.S. and Great Britain signed the Treaty of Ghent ending the war December 24, ____.
1814