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Who led the way to Kentucky through the Cumberland Gap?
Daniel Boone
100
How was technology helpful to the United States?
General living conditions of the American family were improved.
100
What act did President Jefferson pass that limited exports with Europe, hoping to avoid war with England and France?
Embargo Act
100
What country forced U.S. sailors to serve on warships?
Great Britain
100
The destruction of which crop caused a famine in Ireland?
potato
200
Who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel?
Aaron Burr
200
Why did Americans want to move further west in the early 1800s?
Land becoming scarce and Americans desired greater opportunities.
200
What act required American Indians living on the lands east of the Mississippi River to move farther West?
Indian Removal Act
200
Which battle was the last great battle of the War of 1812?
New Orleans
200
For what did the Northwest Ordinance of 1781 provide?
plan of government
300
Who invented the telegraph?
Samuel Morse
300
How did the Tariff of 1828 cause division in the United States?
The tariff increased the North's profit at the expense of the South.
300
When was the Missouri Compromise signed?
1820
300
Who won the Battle of Tippecanoe?
William Henry Harrison
300
What is the practical use of scientific knowledge?
Technology
400
Who invented a much-improved sewing machine?
Elias Howe
400
How did the United States prove herself to be a major world power?
Declaring herself the protector of liberty in the Western Hemisphere.
400
Who proposed the Compromise Tariff of 1833?
Henry Clay
400
Who won the Battle of Fallen Timbers?
Anthony Wayne
400
What trail through Cumberland Gap did settlers use to travel West?
Wilderness Road
500
Who developed the first successful steamboat?
Robert Fulton
500
How did Francis Lowell bring higher standards to U.S. factories?
Lowell implemented Christian principles to bring benefits to his employees.
500
What did President Jackson issue that required all public lands be paid for in silver and gold?
Specie Circular
500
Who won the Battle of Lake Erie?
Olivia Hazard Perry
500
What was the fastest overland communication service before the telegraph?
Pony Express