Chapter 8
What is an example to be followed?
precedent
Jefferson was the first president to be inaugurated where?
Washington, D.C.
What term means making malicious statements about opponents during an election?
mudslinging
In a canal, what are water compartments that could be opened and shut?
locks
What was the belief that God intended Americans to have all the western lands to the shores of the Pacific?
Manifest Destiny
Washington, D.C. is named for what two people?
George Washington, Christopher Columbus
Who saved several items from the White House and a painting of George Washington?
Dolley Madison
What bill said that Indians who left their lands east of the Mississippi would be given lands west of the Mississippi, and that the national government would pay the costs of moving and the costs of the first year of settlement?
Indian Removal Act
On what route did riders carry mail on horseback from St. Joseph, MO, to Sacramento, CA?
pony express
What was San Antonio’s abandoned mission, where the Americans lost an important battle?
Alamo
How was it decided who won president and vice president?
most electoral votes = president, 2nd most electoral votes = vice president
The United States bought the Louisiana Purchase from what country and ruler?
France, Napoleon
What is a tariff designed to raise money? What is a tariff designed to limit the importation of foreign goods and to protect American industries from foreign competition?
revenue tariff, protective tariff
What system collected many workers in one place, where they turned out many similar items in one day?
factory system
In 1849 alone, more than 80,000 men went to California in search of gold, and these men were known by what name?
"forty-niners"
What is a formal ceremony beginning a president's term? Who's was the first one, and during what year?
inauguration, George Washington, 1789
What was the original name for the White House? How was the name changed to the White House?
president's house, sandstone darkened by smoke from fire - painted white
Who was the first president to die while in office? Who was the first vice president to become president after the death of his predecessor?
William Henry Harrison, John Tyler
A blight in what main Irish crop drove many Irish people to starvation?
potatoes
What religious group saw the West as a refuge from the persecution they were experiencing in the East, and was the first group to settle in the Utah Territory?
Mormons
Where was the first U.S. capital? Second? Current?
New York City, Philadelphia, Washington D.C.
What were the results of the War of 1812?
America gained respect from other nations, nationalism increased, new heroes emerged, industries grew in America, European conflicts ended, political parties changed
What was Jackson’s “Kitchen Cabinet?”
Jackson’s close friends with whom he formally consulted
In the 1820s, who started work on a reaper, a machine for cutting and harvesting grain?
Cyrus McCormick
What was Texas’ nickname since it stood alone for 9 years due to its being rejected for admission into the Union?
"Lone Star Republic"