What is inflation?
The rise of prices on goods
what caused the Native settlers to not like the whites?
they kept breaking promises and expanding
Why did France sell Louisiana to America?
To make money to fight Britain
What did the Barbary Pirates do?
Capture American ships and demand to pay a tribute
What was Henry Clay’s American System?
A system to build roads, bridges, and canals
Who won the presidential election of 1816?
James Monroe
What was Hamilton’s plan?
To pay off war time debts
What are pioneers?
Someone who is the first to move to a place and settle there
What was the timeline of the war of 1812?
1812-1816
How many terms did James Monroe serve?
2
After the closing of the First Back of the United States had closed how did many state banks act?
Unwisely
Why was the alien act made?
The people were suspicious of immigrants
What was Napoleon vs. Saint-Domingue?
Enslaved people in Saint-Dominique rose up against the French and won over the island, now known as Haiti
Why is Dolley Madison important?
She saved the famous picture of George Washington, when the british burned down the white house
Why did the south oppose higher tariffs?
They had few factories
What is sectionalism?
A rivalry based on the special interests of different areas
When was Thomas Jeffereson elected as president?
The presidential election of 1800
What did Lieutenant Pike discover?
The rocky mountains and the Great Plains
Who where the Lowell Girls?
Young women who lived and worked at the Lowell cloth factories
what did the judiciary Act of 1789 do?
Allow states to keep their own laws
What did Clay want to improve?
Roads, bridges, and canals
When was the first bank of America made?
1791
When did Lewis and Clark’s expedition start and end?
1804-1806
What is a patent?
sole legal right to an invention and it’s profit
when did the executive branch take shape?
The summer of 1789