Louisiana Purchase
Lewis and Clark (Westward Expansion)
Just Because...
Jefferson Becomes President
James Monroe
100

The president that purchased the land.

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

100

Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter to his person asking him to explore the new land.

Who is Meriwether Lewis?

100

This is the type of boat used by members of the Corps of Discovery during their journey west

What is a keelboat?

100

Name one primary function that Thomas Jefferson believed the government should have

What are... protect the nation from foreign threats, deliver mail, collect customs duties?

100

This agreement of 1820 allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state, Maine to enter the union as a free state

What is the Missouri Compromise?

200

The land was purchased from this country

What is France?

200

Lewis and Clark traveled mainly on what river.

What is Missouri River?

200

James Madison was a member of this party...

What is Democratic-Republican?

200

This process allows the court to determine the constitutionality of laws

What is judicial review?

200

James Monroe's presidency is famously known by this phrase

"The Era of Good Feelings"

300

The amount of money the land was purchased for.

What is 15 million dollars?

300

Explain the reason for taking the journey.

What is finding a water route to the Pacific Ocean and finding out about animals, plants, land, and Indians?

300
The Monroe presidency helped bring in a new party system, which featured these TWO parties

What is Democratic-Republican and the Whigs?

300

Served as the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1801-1835)

Who is John Marshall?

300

This event was the first major depression that hit the U.S. since the 1780s, which was one of the biggest obstacles for president Monroe

What is the The Panic of 1819?

400

The year the land was purchased

What is 1803?

400

This is the fort where they met Sacajawea.

What is Fort Mandan?

400

What was the result of Gibbons v Ogden (1819)?

What is... the Supreme Court struck down a state law in New York that gave one company the sole right to operate steamboats in New York

400

In the case of Marbury vs. Madison, why did Marbury sue Madison?

What is... Marbury did not receive his papers to start his job as a judge?

400

James Monroe was ELECTED president in this year (NOT the year he actually took office)

What is 1816?

500

During the time of the Louisiana Purchase, United States was still having trouble with what country trying to claim part of North America.

What is Great Britian?

500

Sacagawea's BROTHER, was the chief of this tribe, which had given several horses to the Corps of Discovery

Who is the Shoshone?

500

What was the result of Dartmouth v Woodward (1819)? 

What is... the court ruled that the state of New Hampshire could not change a written agreement to make the private college a state university

500

What was the main effect of judicial review in terms of the judicial branch, legislative branch, and executive branch?

What is... all branches were equal?

500

This is the name of the project, which happened during Monroe's presidency, that connected New York with the Great Lakes and allowed easier movement westward

What is the Erie Canal Project?

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